Jonathan Quick was back in Conn Smythe mode, extending the remarkable start to his age-39 season.

If only his offense didn’t look past its prime again.

The Rangers were outplayed. They were outshot 42-19. Quick made so many of the mistakes irrelevant, single-handedly swinging momentum to give his team chances to avoid another lost night at home, but the veteran backup’s latest throwback effort was not enough, as the Rangers saw their three-game win streak snapped in a 2-1 loss to the Red Wings at Madison Square Garden.

Despite Quick’s 40 saves, the Rangers (10-8-2) fell to 1-7-1 at home, following Lucas Raymond’s NHL ’94-style wraparound goal with 3:47 remaining.

“Obviously, Quickie was unbelievable tonight,” said assistant coach David Quinn, who helped fill in for absent head coach Mike Sullivan (personal reasons). “It looked like we might be able to steal a point there as the game was evolving, and we just weren’t able to get it done.”

Six days removed from their first home win of the season, the Rangers again looked like the team that got off to the worst home start in franchise history, while getting shut out in five of seven games.

Rangers center Noah Laba (R) tries to shoot the puck past Red Wings goaltender Cam Talbot (L) in the first period at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2025. JASON SZENES FOR NY POST

Despite facing a team that ranked 23rd in GAA (3.28) and 27th in save percentage (.882), the Rangers barely tested their former goaltender, Cam Talbot, needing more than six minutes to record their first shot on goal, then adding one more in the next six minutes. In the final period, they were outshot 14-3.

“We just didn’t get to our game,” Rangers captain J.T. Miller said. “They did a good job of defending the looks we did get. … It wasn’t good enough. They outplayed us. If it wasn’t for Quickie, that game could’ve been wide open.”

Quick — who entered 3-1 with a 1.26 GAA and .950 save percentage — was brilliant in his first home start in more than a month.

The two-time Stanley Cup winner kept the scoreboard clean midway through the second — despite taking on twice as many shots as the Rangers produced — until a Raymond shot trickled past him and was slammed home by Detroit’s Alex DeBrincat.

Rangers center Vincent Trocheck (Bottom) tries to score during the final minutes of the game against Detroit Red Wings goaltender Cam Talbot (C) in the third period at Madison Square Garden. JASON SZENES FOR NY POST

The Rangers found an immediate break on a delay-of-game penalty. Following Quick’s stop of a J.T. Compher breakaway, Mika Zibanejad awoke the sold-out crowd, swooping in from the left side to push an Artemi Panarin rebound past Talbot for his seventh goal of the season, with 8:01 left in the second.

Detroit went on the power play again with 13:21 left in the third period, following a tripping penalty by Will Cuylle and had several golden scoring opportunities, but Quick stood tall.

With two seconds remaining on the penalty kill, the Rangers were whistled again for slashing on Noah Laba. Patrick Kane nearly put the Wings ahead, hitting Quick’s pad, hitting the post, then feeding Dylan Larkin, who was stoned in front. Minutes later, Quick raised the bar again, denying Raymond while sliding in a full split.

Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick makes a save on a shot by Detroit Red Wings left wing Lucas Raymond (R) in the second period at Madison Square Garden. JASON SZENES FOR NY POST

“He’s one of the best to do it,” Miller said. “Every single game, he gives us a chance to win.”

When the final horn sounded, Detroit’s Mason Appleton shot on the Rangers’ empty net, prompting Quick to instigate a benches-clearing skirmish between the teams.

Only one came to fight.

“He plays with a lot of passion,” Cuylle said. “He had a big game for us, and that’s on us for not getting the win for him.”