As has been their habit in recent games, the Rangers fell behind early.

For the third time in five home games, the Rangers had fallen behind by 3-0.

The Rangers fall behind regularly, even at home, and have very little room for error in most games.

The Rangers are falling further back in the playoff race.

It came at 8 minutes 14 seconds of the third period, and only after the Rangers had fallen behind by 3-0.

For a team that should have nine victories, the Rangers fell to 6-6-4-2.

The Rangers have fallen quite far, but they could still fall farther.

The Rangers fell behind by four goals a little more than 11 minutes into the game and never recovered.

In four of their last six games, the Rangers have fallen behind by three goals or more.

To gauge how low the Rangers had fallen these past few weeks, one needed only to look at the top line.