Rangers hit road with streaky power play trying to make up for home woes
NY Post
There’s no place like road.
Coming off their latest uninspired effort at home, the Rangers (10-8-2) — who have won just one of nine games this season at Madison Square Garden — return to the cozy confines of hotel rooms and charter flights, carrying a six-game road win streak into a three-game western swing, beginning Tuesday in Las Vegas (8-4-6), then following with visits to Colorado (13-1-5) and Utah (10-7-1).
On paper, the slate gives off the appearance of one of the season’s tougher weeks, but logic isn’t welcome in any locker room occupied by the Rangers, who sport the league’s worst mark at home and the league’s best record on the road (9-1-1).
“We gotta keep doing our thing on the road,” defenseman Adam Fox said after Sunday’s 2-1 home loss to the Red Wings. “[It’s a] big trip, three really good teams. You want to stop losses at one and get back to winning.”
The team can be confident in the support between the pipes, with the elite tandem of former Vezina (Igor Shesterkin) and Conn Smythe (Jonathan Quick) winners combining to give the Rangers the league’s second-best GAA (2.45), entering Monday.
Though the offense has been abysmal at the Garden, averaging 1.4 goals per game, it has found rhythm almost anywhere else, scoring 3.45 goals per game on the road, partly fueled by the recent awakening of the Rangers power play.
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