The Isles were just lucky. Three posts on the same play. Down 1-0 changes the game.
Rangers looked tired. It happens. It wont get easier.
If the Rangers can come out of this stretch .500 its perfectly fine.
It was a big road trip and no doubt that players are tired, Nash doesn't even look good.
But why do we keep imploding in the second period?
Why do we look so pedestrian against this team, just like it seems we can play Tampa Bay 500 times and lose 500 times?
This is what I'm worried about. Bad games are bad games, but what if we happen to draw one of these teams in the playoffs? Do we have the personnel or the gameplan to beat them? Because it's not like we look competitive. Against the Islanders it only looks like we manage to play on par for them for a while and then the floodgates open.
Anyway, Stepan is who we're probably most concerned about right now.