There is no home cooking for the New York Rangers this season. With their 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night, the Rangers fell to 0-5-1 at Madison Square Garden, while also dropping them to 6-6-1 overall on the season. That record, as of Tuesday, is the worst points percentage (.500) in the Eastern Conference. It continues what has been a staggeringly bad start at home, and one that is putting the team in a pretty deep hole in the Eastern Conference playoff race. It is not just the fact the Rangers have been unable to win a game at Madison Square Garden through the first month of the season that is bad. What makes it even worse is they are not even able to score goals. Tuesday’s loss was already the fourth time they have been shutout on home ice this season in six games, while they have just six goals at home overall. Five of those goals came in one game, a 6-5 shootout loss to a San Jose Sharks team that entered that game winless on the season. Their goals scored by game at home this seaRead More
Rangers’ staggering home woes continue with another shutout loss
