Three-goal leads should be safe, especially when you are playing against a team that had lost four straight and had played the night before.
But the Rangers have been experts at blowing leads this season, and they coughed up a big one Friday night when they threw away a three-goal lead and lost 4-3 in overtime to the Arizona Coyotes on a goal by former teammate Derek Stepan, who beat Henrik Lundqvist with a screened wrist shot with 31.1 seconds to go.
The Rangers, who had led 3-0 midway through the second and 3-1 after two periods, fell to 14-14-3 on the season (31 points).