Fire Drury chants break out again as Rangers fall to last place in the East after another embarrassing blowout

The New York Rangers’ season is in a full‑blown tailspin, and Wednesday night’s humiliation at the hands of the Ottawa Senators was the latest reminder that this team is playing with almost no pride and appears devoid of leadership or accountability. It was another night in which the crowd loudly voiced their displeasure that Chris Drury still has a job, and it isn't something that will likely stop anytime soon.

The nightmare began early. Vincent Trocheck took an unnecessary, undisciplined penalty in the opening minutes, leading to a Drake Batherson power‑play goal. Moments later, Nick Jensen doubled the lead when a shot deflected off Braden Schneider’s skate. Ottawa was up 2–0 before the Rangers even found their footing.

Brady Tkachuk made it 3–0 late in the first with his 200th career goal, and the Senators closed out the disastrous period with a 4–0 lead. They never needed to look back — the Rangers never gave them a reason to.

Ottawa scored six unanswered goals to open the game

It’s easy to pin this on backup goaltender Jonathan Quick, but he was left out to dry on every single goal. He has now lost 11 straight games, abandoned by the skaters in front of him. At this point, the Rangers are inching closer to calling up Hartford Wolf Pack starter and top goaltending prospect Dylan Garand just to give him some much‑needed NHL reps and to stop throwing a Hall of Famer to the wolves.

They can’t keep running Quick out there to get shelled, and they certainly can’t trust Spencer Martin to start a game and expect to win. He’s come in relief twice and hasn’t looked sharp in either appearance.

In the third period, the only Rangers injecting any life into the lineup were Gabe Perreault — who scored twice — along with Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin, and Alexis Lafrenière. But even with that late push, the Rangers continued to play an undisciplined, sloppy game filled with turnovers, bad penalties, and a complete lack of backchecking.

The character of this team is being tested, and they are failing miserably. When the going gets tough, they check out — and they’re not checking any opposing players, either.

The Rangers have been outscored 30–12 during their five‑game losing streak and haven’t won at Madison Square Garden since before Thanksgiving. Those are stomach‑turning numbers that help explain how you lose 8–4 at home to a Senators team playing the second half of a back‑to‑back with the NHL’s 64th‑ranked 23‑year‑old goaltender in net.

This speaks to a deeper, more alarming issue. The Rangers crumble at the first sign of adversity, lose momentum instantly, and show nowhere near the fight required to be a respectable NHL team.

The Rangers have a few days to practice and lick their wounds before they go down the turnpike to play the Philadelphia Flyers and better show up. Or not, lets see if they care enough to stop being embarrassed on a weekly basis.

As of now they now sit dead last in the Eastern Conference with a measly 46 points in 48 games. At this rate, they’re far closer to the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft than they are to a wild‑card spot.