Overview
- The latest setback was a 5-0 loss to the Islanders, where Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves and Bo Horvat scored twice.
- New York is 0-6-1 at Madison Square Garden, shut out in five of seven home games and outscored 23-6.
- Per Sportsnet Stats, the Rangers are the first team since the 1928-29 Pittsburgh hockey Pirates to be blanked in five of their first seven home games, marking their worst home start.
- The slump contrasts with a 7-1-1 road mark and a 29-17 road goal differential, leaving the club 7-7-2 overall.
- Despite generating 33 shots and controlling chances late against the Isles, players and coach Mike Sullivan voiced frustration as Nashville visits Monday in a bid for a first home win.