Rangers blow chance to make wild-card statement in brutal OT loss to Senators
NY Post
OTTAWA, Ontario — Time and time again this season, the Rangers have not risen to the moment.
There have been many instances this season, but none bigger than the opportunity the Blueshirts had going into this weekend with a back-to-back slate against the two teams who were sitting directly ahead of them in the Eastern Conference wild-card race, the Senators and Blue Jackets.
Brady Tkachuk scored 33 seconds into overtime to complete Ottawa’s comeback and hand the Rangers a 4-3 loss Saturday afternoon at Canadian Tire Center, where the visitors had to settle for a single point and a two-way tie with Columbus for the second wild card entering their matchup Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.
They’ll get another chance to step into the top spot and assert themselves more in the neck-and-neck race.
To put it into perspective, however, this weekend is THE ultimate moment thus far.
And the Rangers — unsurprisingly with the way this season has gone — will not deliver in the fullest.
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