Home sweet home has never been so good for the Rangers this season.
After a 1-0-1 trip to Florida over New Year's weekend, the Blues returned home Tuesday to take on the top Metropolitan District Carolina Hurricanes, winning 11 straight games. It marked the start of a January schedule that saw the Rangers play seven of their 11 home games, but also saw them take on the current division leaders in four of those seven games.
In all, five of their home games this month have come against teams with winning records, and the Garden hasn't been their stronghold this season. They enter Tuesday with a home record of 8-7-4.
"I don't know why," manager Gerard Gallant said after Monday's training session when asked about the team's problems at home. "Some years you have a great record at home, and the next year everything changes."
The Rangers went 27-10-4 at home last season, en route to 52 wins and a 110-point regular season. But in their first 38 games, they knew it wasn't last season.
However, Lady Liberty's reversible knits didn't help. They use when 1-5 at home.
However, they were arriving on Tuesday 12-20-6. They are 12-5-2 after taking three of a possible four points this weekend at Florida.
"I think as we go forward we focus on the game," Gallant said. "During the holidays you won't be home with the family and everything, so maybe the last few games we've been concentrating on the game and getting ready to play. Honestly, sometimes it's hard to spot... but the visitor record keep going". how that."
The season began at home with a 3-1 win over Tampa Bay on opening night, followed by a 6-4 win over Anaheim. But then they lost to lowly San Jose (and former head coach David Quinn) in overtime. The latter in the East were blown out by Columbus and lost in a shootout by the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche (and former Rangers goaltender Alexander Georgiev).
In their next home game, they beat the lowly Flyers 1-0 in overtime. They then went 1-5-2 in their next eight home games.
They took a three-goal lead in the third period in a 4–3 loss to Edmonton on November 26, and two days later guard Igor Shesterkin said he was "ashamed" of his game after losing to the Devils. Then, on December 3, they lost 5-2 to Chicago, which this season seemed to be looking for a first-choice opportunity. 1 Collectively and entitled to the Conor Bedard Project.
It looked like the bottom. The Rangers were 4-6-4 at home during that series, before turning the tables with a desperate win over the Blues on December 5. He began a seven-game hitting streak that included home wins over the Devils, Maple Leafs, and Islanders, who were on Christmas break.
However, in their first game after halftime, they lost 4-0 to Washington at the Park. Gallant later said, "We were trash tonight."
Tuesday is the first home game after that, after which the Rangers travel to Montreal on Thursday for a 15-19-3 game against the Canadiens, then to Newark on Saturday to take on the Devils. Next will be three straight home games against old friends Ryan Reeves and Minnesota (21-13-2), the Central Division leaders Dallas Stars (23-9-6) and a rematch with the Canadiens.
After a trip to Columbus on January 16, they finished the month with home games against Atlantic Division leader Boston, who has the best record in the NHL at 29-4-4, followed by the Florida Panthers. (16-18-4) and captain Pacific Vegas (26-12-2) in the final game before the All-Star break. They will also have an away game on January 25 in Toronto (23-8-6).
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