from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

The route to the playoffs has become more complex for the Rangers, who inexplicably could not deliver a 60-minute performance at a time of year when nothing less is required.

As such, the Blueshirts fell 4-2 last night to the 12th-place Flyers to fall into a numerical tie for eighth-place with Winnipeg with 46 points, though the Rangers have six games remaining to the Jets’ five.

The defeat also pushed the Rangers three points behind the seventh-place Islanders, while also holding a game in hand on the suburbanites, who play their final five games on the road.

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