The Rangers have repeatedly failed to help themselves. On a night when four teams within arm’s length of them in the Eastern Conference wild-card race were also playing, the Blueshirts seemed to have nothing in the tank in a 2-1 loss to the also-playoff-chasing Flames on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers (72 points), who were outshot 35-13, fell out of the second wild-card spot after Montreal (73) beat Ottawa.

The Calgary Flames put a rough game behind them and came out like wildfire in a tight win over the New York Rangers 2-1. CF% – 63.7%|| SCF% – 73.16%|| HDCF% – 81.4%|| xGF% – 71.55% It’s a Team Game – These were not the Calgary Flames that played in Toronto the night before – they were extra motivated and spent the majority of the game in control.