
Rangers begin road trip with loss to Kings, remain out of playoff spot
NY Post
LOS ANGELES — Last year’s Capitals established the eastern conference’s 82-game low-bar standard since 2005-06, when the guaranteed victory and losers’ point were introduced to the NHL, by qualifying for the final playoff spot with 91 points
But guess what? The bar might even be lowered this season.
And the Rangers may not even be able to clear that threshold.
It’s not the math that is impossible in this competition with a couple of teams that aren’t particularly good either in the Canadiens and Islanders.
It’s the Rangers’ penchant for self-sabotage.
The Blueshirts put on a representative showing on Tuesday against a Kings team that entered with a 25-3-4 record at home.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












