Analyzing Matt Rempe and Brett Berard's Showing in 5-2 Disaster Loss Against St. Louis

On Monday night, the New York Rangers suffered their their third consecutive loss in a 5-2 home match against the St. Louis Blues.

And blue it certainly was. The Rangers have allowed 40 or more shots in all three straight losses. On Monday night at Madison Square Garden, the Blueshirts were outshot by 13.

Alternate captain Artemi Panarin said its obvious corrections need to be applied.

"We have to stop it somehow," Panarin said postgame. "It doesn't matter how we feel or not. We're professionals. Everyone has that experience when things are not going well in your days. We've just got to wake up and be ready for Carolina.

Brett Berard

In the midst of this loss, No. 65 Brett Berard made his NHL debut and was announced as a starter.

After his rookie lap and puck drop, Berard actually recorded his first league point with a secondary assist on Will Cuylle second and last Rangers' goal of the night.

In addition to the assist — he also logged a total of two shots on goal with a total ice time of 11:13.

"It means everything," Berard said. "There's really no words to describe the feelings that I've had the past 24 hours."

While his debut was impressive, the Rangers still lost by three goals.

Matt Rempe

As usual when Matt Rempe is on the ice for the Blueshirts, he had quite the physical game.

There is no denying the MSG crowd loves Matt Rempe. Cheers could easily be heard in the arena and on the broadcast when he took the ice for the first time against St. Louis. This — of course_ occurred when he stepped in to take a faceoff after Sam Carrick was thrown out.

While he did not log a point, he had a total time of ice of 9:27. This is one of the longer stretches we've seen from him in NHL play.

He tallied one hint and one penalty.

His hit against Blues' Nathan Walker was certainly clean, but many think display on Jake Neighbours was late.

Where we Focus from Here

With rumors swirling that Rangers long-time veteran Chris Kreider and captain Jacob Trouba are on the trade block, as according to Elliotte Friedman, it makes complete and total sense that the Blueshirts are examining their younger players with a closer eye.

But examining only gets you so far. Changes need to be made, and this losing streak needs to be snapped. And fast.

"We need to be better," head coach Peter Laviolette said. "Everyone needs to be better inside the room. It's not good enough what we're doing ... everybody's got to get better."