The league’s best power-play, net-front presence over the past half-decade has not scored with the man-advantage since Dec. 30. He has scored one PPG in his 21 games since Dec. 2.

There was something vintage about this, about the way Chris Kreider faded toward the high slot after the Rangers won a faceoff midway through the third period Thursday and snapped a shot toward the top corner,

This all while the clubs around them in the playoff push continue to pick up points. That’s what has made the Rangers situation so precarious despite their uptick in play lately.

Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and added an assist, Frederik Andersen made 22 saves, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-0.

In his second game back from an upper-body injury, Chris Kreider seems to have captured his usual role back with the New York Rangers. When Kreider returned to the lineup after missing four games, Peter Laviolette stuck the veteran forward on the second power play unit,

The boxing-out issues continued against Utah. A minute into the game, Utah’s Ian Cole fired a point shot tipped by teammate Barrett Hayton. Igor Shesterkin made the initial stop, but Matias Maccelli got away from K’Andre Miller and buried the rebound.

Artemi Panarin had two goals, including an empty-netter, as the Rangers (4-0-2) extended their point streak to six games.

Artemi Panarin scored two goals, Chris Kreider had the go-ahead goal off a defensive deflection with 9:38 to play, and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club.

On Sunday, the NHL revealed the New York Rangers’ quarter-century team. The first team features many stars from the team’s recent history. Forwards Chris Kreider, Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad – all on the active roster – are in front of defensemen Adam Fox and Ryan McDonagh and Hall of Fame goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.

The Rangers fell 4-0 to the Hurricanes on Tuesday. Carolina capitalized on each egregious New York mistake, notching all four goals in that matter. The Rangers surrendered goals in the first minute of the first period and last minute of the second,

The Rangers may have recovered from their disastrous December, but still have not fully climbed out of the hole they dug themselves in.

Instead, the Rangers frustrated fans at Madison Square Garden and left the ice to the sound of boos following a 4-0 loss to one of the best teams in the Metropolitan Division. "It's tough,