NEW YORK — No captain. No offense. No resistance to the rush. No chance.
The Penguins on Thursday were unexpectedly without Sidney Crosby when they faced the New York Rangers in their biggest game of the season to date. It did not go well. The Rangers beat them again, 3-0, at Madison Square Garden.
Their third loss in a row and sixth in their last eight games dropped them six points behind the Rangers in the Metropolitan Division standings with 10 games left and probably put home-ice advantage for the first round out of their reach.
