Not that a 4-3 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in a rookie game at PPL Paints Arena in Allentown, Pennsylvania, means anything in the cosmic scheme of things, but the New York Rangers hope their failure to turn an early two-goal lead into a win isn’t a harbinger of bad things to come.
There were some good things. Brennan Othmann converted a slick pass from Noah Laba for the game’s first goal, living up to his contention during the first two days of camp that he can put the puck in the net. He scored less than four minutes into the game, and Dylan Roobroeck doubled the lead less than a minute later.