Story by (Brad Penner - Imagn Images)1 / 2Rangers squander early lead, allow four unanswered goals in 4-2 loss to Kraken1 / 2Rangers squander early lead, allow four unanswered goals in 4-2 loss to Kraken2 / 2Rangers squander early lead, allow four unanswered goals in 4-2 loss to Kraken (Brad Penner - Imagn Images)John FlaniganTue, January 13, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC·3 min readThe Rangers were defeated by the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Here are some takeaways...- Back on their home ice, the Rangers knew they needed to put forward a much better effort coming off an embarrassing 10-2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon, and they were able to get off to about as good of a start as you could ask for the opening period of this one. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement- After killing a penalty just 36 seconds into the contest, Mika Zibanejad burst into the offensive zone and found his own rebound, banking it in off Seattle’s Phillip Grubauer for the opening goal. Zibanejad has been tremendous for New York of late, putting up points in six straight. With an assist, Artemi Panarin the ninth player in franchise history to reach 600 points with the club.- Minutes later, Sam Carrick took advantage of a Kraken d-zone turnover, stealing the puck before breaking in and firing a wrister past Grubauer for his second goal of the season. The fourth liner has been hard on himself for not finishing his chances of late, so it was good to see him finally find the back of the net.- Brennan Othmann wasn't able to find any puck luck in his return to the NHL, hitting the post twice over the first period and a half of the contest.
