Ten In
After ten games, the Rangers sit at 10 points, with a 4-4-2 record, largely on the back of a 3-0-1 streak that has seen them overcome a slow start. After a clunker to open the season agains the Islanders, where they simply weren’t prepared in a 4-0 loss, the Rangers stormed back to reverse the experience, handing their island neighbors a decisive 5-0 decision.
It seemed like Game 1 might be an aberation, but it soon became clear that the Rangers were still a work in progress. The next four games saw the Rangers lose by scores of 3-4, 3-4 (SO), 2-3 and 2-3 to the Devils, Penguins twice and Sabres respectively. More frustratingly, the latter three games they lead by a goal going into the third period, only to be outplayed and outchanced in the final 20. In the case of the 3-4 shootout loss to the Penguins, the team gave up a 3-1 lead in the second, failing to score in the final 39:18 of regulation and overtime, after scoring three goals in just 3:01.