Bad Night For The RangersTonight's overtime loss by the Rangers - the game just ended - was as bad as it gets for a late January regular season game. Not only did the Rangers blow a 2-0 lead midway through the 3rd period, they blew a chance to move within one point of the Flyers. As a result of the loss, they're four points back.
Goalie Henrik Lundqvist, who has been playing every game for the last couple of weeks, appeared fatigued in the 3rd period and overtime. With Lundqvist headed to the Olympics, where he'll start in goal for Sweden, the Rangers are going to need Kevin Weekes to win some games for them behind the net, or they may find themselves seventh or eighth in the Eastern Conference, with their first trip to the playoffs since 1997 little more than a quick exit against Ottawa or Carolina.
posted on 1/30/2006