Invoiced cost Rangers a road victory vs. Senators

OTTAWA SENATORS 4, NY RANGERS 1

KANATA, Ontario — Recent bad habit of The Rangers ' committing costly turnovers carried over into losing 4-1 Thursday night for the senators, but after 40 minutes, they trailed by only one goal.

"And in the third period, they had more" Marian Gaborik said as he played the tape from his shoes.

That was the difference as Rangers (42-17-7, 91 points) suffered a second straight loss in regulation for the first time since December 13 and 15 — a span of 37 games.

Gaborik said the Blueshirts "for sure" played better against the senators who were defeated 4-1 in the Devils on Tuesday. Brad Richards has certainly done, help Ryan Callahan 4:36 goal in the game and turning in one of his best recent performance. The Rangers trailed 2-1, entering the third, despite outshooting Ottawa 17-7 at that point.

But just as Zack Smith Senators had tied the game after 1:14 Callahan's goal in the first period off turnovers by Brian Boyle and Marc Staal, Kyle Turris scored the backbreaker with 14:07 staying in the third off a giveaway by Michael offensive-zone Of Zotto, making it 3-1.

"We have to flip the puck, it ends up in the back of the net twice," John Tortorella said before his team flew to Chicago for game against the Blackhawks on Friday night. "I think we're beating ourselves at times. I think we're finding ways to lose. "

Tortorella said the Rangers did not hard enough after the turnover of Zotto prolongs Defender Anton Stralman because they thought — back in the lineup after being scratched Tuesday — would be able to contain one-on-one Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson. But the coach said "Alfredsson spanks him in a move" for the shot on goal that led to a rebound of Turris finish.

The Blueshirts lost only the fifth time when scoring first this season (30-2-3) and fell to 1-2-1 against Ottawa (36-25-8, 80points), the seventh seed in the East.

Brandon Dubinsky missed the match due to a hand injury and painful sinus pressure stemming from some shots on the nose in a one-sided clash with Devils ' Ryan Carter Tuesday night. But although Dubinsky sitting once again on Friday night against the Blackhawks, Rangers have bigger issues.

The Pittsburgh Penguins (21-40-5, 85 points) are just six points behind in the Atlantic Division and are now also in games played and the Blueshirts are what Gaborik called a "funk," mainly due to the expensive gifts.

"When you're playing against a good team who are talented and opportunistic as they are, and we're going through some sloppy game, so sometimes those things are magnified," Richards said. "But the main thing is, is 2-1, and we had to do a lot more to try to make it 2-2 in the third."

The Rangers failed to effectively test goalkeeper Senators 6-7, 25 years, Ben Bishop, who was in net with starter Craig Anderson (hand) still sidelined. Network backup of the Blueshirts, Martin Biron (18 Saves) made a few stops in later periods, but allowed two goals on four shots in the first. "We were playing more hockey Rangers, the way that we played tonight, and I think we did pretty well, except for a few mistakes, but they are a good team. Give 'em credit, have capitalized on, "said Boyle.

"We want to come in and get that mindset back and blow the doors off them in third and try to come up with another energy level and not be satisfied. We want to dominate. We want to get back to that. "

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