Rangers Aim to Secure Season’s Debut Victory

Published on: Oct 23, 2025 03:41 am IST

The New York Rangers are struggling to secure a win at home ice while the San Jose Sharks are facing difficulties in winning games anywhere this season.

On Thursday night, the Rangers look to end their four-game home losing streak against the winless Sharks.

Currently, New York holds a 0-4-0 home record, having failed to score in losses against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and Edmonton Oilers, leading to a goalless streak of 180:57. Artemi Panarin broke this with a goal just 57 seconds into Monday’s match.

Despite Panarin’s early goal, the Rangers suffered a 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild, with Panarin contributing another goal and three assists in Saturday’s 4-3 win at Montreal. The Rangers were outshot 32-24 by Minnesota, failing to equalize after conceding the tie-breaking goal midway through the third period.

“It’s disappointing,” said New York defenseman Adam Fox. “With the home crowd behind us, scoring should have built some momentum. However, we couldn’t capitalize effectively.”

The Rangers failed to score on their single power-play opportunity and are now 0-for-9 on power plays at home. Outshooting their opponents 16-6 in the opening period following Panarin’s score wasn’t enough.

Rangers coach Mike Sullivan commented, “We started strong by scoring early, but got outplayed for the rest of the night.”

They now seek to avoid another five-game home losing streak in the past seven months, after a 0-4-1 home record from March 5-20 last season.

San Jose, on the other hand, has a 0-4-2 start this season after a nine-game losing streak last season and an eleven-game losing streak the season before.

Having been outscored 29-16, San Jose experienced their third one-goal defeat this season with a 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders. The Sharks led early with a short-handed goal from Collin Graf, but quickly surrendered their lead and fell behind two goals before Macklin Celebrini’s late third-period goal.

“It was probably our most complete game this year,” said Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky. “We generated good chances and outshot our opponents. We must continue to build on this effort.”

The Sharks recorded a season-high 36 shots on goal, surpassing 30 shots in consecutive games after averaging only 21 in their first four losses.

In their previous 13 meetings, New York holds an 11-0-2 record against San Jose, including a 5-0-1 home record.

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