What a difference a day made – or nearly made -- for the Rangers. One night after laying an egg in their season opener in Washington, the Blueshirts were back in action Thursday in their home opener at Madison Square Garden and they looked like a totally different team.
It didn’t translate into a win, but at least they earned their first point of the season, securing that when they rallied from a two-goal deficit to force overtime before Miro Heiskanen ended it with his first goal of the season at 1:38 of overtime to give Dallas a 3-2 victory.
The Rangers will go back on the road when they play in Montreal Saturday against the Canadiens. That is the start of a four-game trip that will take them to Toronto on Monday, Nashville Thursday and Ottawa next Saturday.
