Rangers fail to recapture late magic in ‘unacceptable’ loss to banged-up Penguins
NY Post
Peter Laviolette didn’t speak for long following one of the Rangers’ worst losses of the season.
He didn’t need to.
In a postgame news conference that lasted less than a minute, following an ugly 3-2 home loss to the Penguins, the head coach called the team’s effort “unacceptable” and said the defeat was due to a lack of intensity.
Given where the Rangers are at this point — and with their playoff hopes dwindling — it was a brutal defeat.
After all, they were presented a golden opportunity to better their chances in the Eastern Conference playoff race against a Pittsburgh team that came to Madison Square Garden without the injured Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin.
The Rangers, instead, delivered a dud.
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