"When the Rangers visit this city, it doesn't seem to matter how high they're riding, or well they're playing. For games against the Canadiens resemble flashbacks to the Dark Ages, when the Blueshirts missed the playoffs for seven straight seasons.

"For whatever reason, we lose ourselves here," Ryan Callahan said after last night's 4-1 defeat that represented his team's sixth straight loss (0-5-1) to the Habs since the start of 2009-10 and fifth straight in regulation, in which they have been outscored 19-3. "We get to running around and don't seem to be able to play the way we want to play.""