New York also tied a team record for fewest shots on goal in a game with nine, according to the Rangers\u2019 record book. The record dates to\u00a0Dec. 11, 1955, when New York had nine shots on goal in a 2-0 loss at the Detroit Red Wings.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the fewest number of shots on goal the Rangers have had since the League began officially tracking shots on goal in 1959-60, according to\u00a0NHL Stats.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll acknowledge that our circumstance is difficult, but I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any room for rationalizing,\u201d Rangers coach Mike Sullivan said. \u201cI just think we\u2019ve got to play a game with more commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pinto gave the Senators a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal, scoring on a wrist shot from inside the right face-off circle at 6:30 of the first period. Claude Giroux<\/a>\u00a0set it up with a pass off the right wall after he received a diagonal pass from Spence from the left point.<\/p>\n Ottawa extended its lead to 2-0 at 6:46 of the second period, when Lars Eller<\/a>\u00a0set up Foegele for a snap shot from the bottom of the right circle off a defensive zone turnover by Rangers defenseman Connor Mackey<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe goal there is just creating pressure, and when you do that, mistakes happen,\u201d Foegele said. \u201cThey made a mistake and it was a great play by \u2018Ellsy\u2019 to find me backdoor.\u201d<\/p>\n The Senators outshot the Rangers 26-4 through two periods.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we had opportunities to get zone time, we struggled getting pucks through from the blue line,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cOur last five games, for example, we\u2019re averaging 46.6 shot attempts, shots in the mid-20s, and that\u2019s just not enough to generate offense, to get consistent offense. So we\u2019ve got to simplify the game, but some of it is just execution. You\u2019ve got to get pucks through. You\u2019ve got to get it by the shin pads. You\u2019ve got to get your eyes up. We\u2019re having a hard time getting pucks through. We\u2019re hitting shin pads and they\u2019re play killers. They end up out of our zone and that makes it tough.\u201d<\/p>\n