NEW YORK _ The talk leading up to Saturday's game was all about the Rangers' long week between games. But when it was over, the matter at hand was history, or at least what the Rangers hope will be a decade-plus of it.
Although they lost, 4-1, to the Oilers at Madison Square Garden for their first defeat of the season, the big moment came in the first period when rookie Kaapo Kakko, the second overall pick in this year's draft, scored his first NHL goal off an assist from Ryan Strome, the former Islander and Oiler.
The Rangers fell to 2-1, while the Oilers rose to 5-0, going ahead on a third-period power-play goal by Connor McDavid. Leon Draisaitl added an insurance goal shortly thereafter and he also scored an empty-netter at the end. Edmonton has come from behind in all five of its victories and swept the met area teams, also beating the Devils and the Islanders.
