NEW YORK _ Rangers coach David Quinn said on Monday that he still didn't have enough information, after just six games, to make real judgments about his team. However, the coach promised, by the end of this current five-game homestand, he should have a better idea of how good his team really is.
Two games into the homestand, the Rangers find themselves on what is now a five-game losing streak, though they got a point Tuesday night when they lost in overtime to the Arizona Coyotes, 3-2 at Madison Square Garden. Christian Dvorak beat Alexandar Georgiev with a wicked shot under the crossbar 1:04 into the three-on-three overtime to drop the Rangers to 2-4-1 on the season, while the Coyotes improved to 5-2-1. They return to action Thursday against Buffalo in the third game of the homestand.
The game was tied at 2 after two periods and there no one scored in the third. Tony DeAngelo, who a couple of games ago was in Quinn's doghouse for shoddy defensive play, benched for the third period and all but two shifts of the second in Friday's loss to Washington, scored both Rangers goals, both on plays near the goalmouth in the second period. Both goals tied the score at the time.
