There’s not much new to say.  The Rangers, again, were out-hustled, out-worked, and out-played in a game that they should have won.  Even without the injured Gaborik, Avery, and Higgins in the lineup.  The Rangers were dominated in both ends of the ice, and seemed to lose the will to fight in the third period.  [...]

If Tortorella wasn’t irate about the Rangers play before last night’s game on the island, then he certainly became so after it.  I’ve seen more coordinated play — offensively and defensively — in pick-up street hockey games.  We lost faceoffs 36-19.  We lost virtually all the loose puck battles on the boards.  We consistently got [...]

Looks like former Ranger Colton Orr didn’t want to stop fighting George Parros last night.  So much so that he actually pushed the linesman away.  Take a look…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7FC6DXW_JI&feature=player_embedded

The real story of the game, and perhaps the season, was Gaborik.  He was dominant through two and a half periods, scoring twice and adding an assist.  The line of Gaborik-Prospal-Lisin was firing on all cylinders, creating scoring chances and goals (including a rocket by Lisin and a multi-pass beauty by Gabby).  BUT, Gaborik left late [...]

The Rangers dropped their third straight in another wild trip to Montreal.  (They did get a point since the loss was in overtime.)  They jumped ahead 3-1 after a solid first period, but had yet another dreadful second, after which the game was tied at 4 apiece.  Neither team scored in a mostly defensive third [...]