Throughout the night, the Rangers just played without a sense of passion and intensity. For the second game in a row, their opponent "outworked" them, a term Peter Laviolette used to describe the team’s Thursday night loss to the Calgary Flames.

It should be acknowledged that this was the Rangers’ first set of back-to-back losses this season, which has seen the team collect double the amount of wins compared to regulation losses thus far. It has to be pointed out because despite going 2-2 on this four-game western road trip — after a dismal 6-2 loss to the Oilers Saturday night at Rogers Place capped the swing — the Rangers are beyond fortunate to be where they’re