Two days after captain Chris Drury called his team out for being immature and unable to play well when games really matter, the New York Rangers showed that they were not willing to change any of that, as they fell to the St. Louis Blues 4-3 at Madison Square Garden tonight.
Although the Boston Bruins lost tonight, which helps the Rangers, the Blueshirts did not gain any ground—and they now see themselves tied in points with the Atlanta Thrashers for ninth place.
If there was one game this season that the Rangers needed to win, tonight was the night.
They came out and played a pretty good first period.
After falling behind early, Ryan Callahan scored on the power play, with Jokinen and Gaborik getting the assists. They would leave the first period with a 2-1 lead, as Gaborik also scored—his 37th of the season.
But the team’s play went downhill from there. Lundqvist let in two very soft goals in the second—to go with the bad one he allowed in the first—and the Rangers fell behind 3-2.
Then, less than a minute into the third period, two consecutive Blues penalties had ...
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New York Rangers Playoff Hopes Dwindle in Loss To St. Louis Blues
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