After riding a high from beating Detroit on Saturday, the Blue Jackets produced a flat, inconsistent effort as they lost to the Rangers on Monday.
to end a 10-game road losing streak, coach Brad Larsen reminded his team that it was just one game.
Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad opened the scoring at 12:39 of the first period with a shot from the top of the left circle off the rush that caught the inside of the far post and went into the net behind goaltender Elvis Merzlikins. Late in the opening frame, Barclay Goodrow doubled the Rangers' lead with a power-play goal that he tipped past Merzlikins from the net front, after K'Andre Miller's point shot sailed through the Blue Jackets' penalty killers.
The Blue Jackets have a quick turnaround after Monday's game as they travel to Nashville to face the Predators on Tuesday.
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