Rangers blow late two-goal lead in crushing overtime loss to Ducks

   

ANAHEIM — Adam Fox makes it a practice not to say too much but No. 23 pretty much said it all after the Rangers somehow blew a two-goal lead within the final six minutes of the third period only to lose in overtime to a Ducks team out of the playoffs.

“Good teams do not lose a game like that,” Fox said after Mason MacTavish’s redirection in front at 0:59 gave the Ducks the 5-4 victory after it had been 4-2 the other way. “These were the two points we needed.

“I mean, just inexcusable in the third period.”

Could the losers’ point more accurately describe with what the Rangers came away from this one after dropping to 3-7-2 over their last dozen games?

The consolation prize leaves the team in a three-way tie with Montreal and Columbus at 75 points and one ahead of the Islanders, but the Blueshirts have nine games to play while the Canadiens have 10 and the Jackets and the other New York club have 11 to go.