That thud heard in mid-town Manhattan was the the New York Rangers’ seven-game winning streak coming to am ignominious end on Wednesday night.
The Colorado Avalanche scored five times in the middle frame and defeated the Rangers, 7-3.
Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves in the Avs win.
Jacob Trouba and Nils Lundkvist scored in the first period to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead.
Nathan MacKinnon, Nazem Kadri, and Alex Newhook scored single markers in the middle frame.
New York was coming off a road game in Chicago on Tuesday night.
Logan O’Connor scored the final two goals of the outburst for a 6-2 lead after two periods.
Mikko Rantanen scored his second goal of the game in the third period after Filip Chytil scored for the Rangers to make the score, 6-3.
Adam Huska made 32 saves in the Rangers loss; it was first NHL start with the Rangers.
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