The arrival of two-time Stanley Cup-winning head coach Mike Sullivan gave New York Rangers fans a renewed sense of excitement for the 2025-26 NHL season. He brought immediate credibility and a winning mindset to the organization with the hope he could get the team back on track after the bitter disappointment that was the 2024-25 season. So far, things are not going as planned. Especially on home ice, where the Rangers fell to 0-4-1 this season (and 3-4-2 overall) on Thursday night in an ugly 6-5 overtime loss against the San Jose Sharks. With Thursday’s loss, the Rangers are now winless through their first five home games, something that has not happened to the franchise since the 1943-44 season. While that overall record at home is bad enough, it is actually even worse than that. Not only have the Rangers failed to win a game at home, but they did not even score a single goal in their first three home games, getting shut out in three consecutive games. That shutout streak finally ended on Monday, when the
