The Rangers sit in last place in the Eastern Conference standings with a 20-22-6 record, while they face an uphill climb to make the playoffs, currently eight points out of the second wild-card spot.

The Rangers were outshot, 14-6, by the Senators in the opening 20 minutes. They didn’t have a scoring chance, according to Natural Stat Trick, let alone anything that qualified as a high-danger one. Only three of those came from a top-nine forward, and all were collected by Mika Zibanejad.

It's all gloom and doom for the New York Rangers right now, and our NHL betting picks don't see them snapping out of their funk vs. the Ottawa Senators tonight. The Ottawa Senators snapped a four-game skid last night and have the chance to start a winning streak by topping the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, January 14.

The New York Rangers spoiled the party in Miami, beating the Florida Panthers in the 2026 NHL Winter Classic, 5-1. Big performances from the trio of Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafreniere and Artemi Panarin fueled the victory as the Rangers picked up an enormous win in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

The Ottawa Senators (21-19-5, 14th in Eastern Conference) visit the New York Rangers (20-21-6, 16th in Eastern Conference) at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. Ottawa claimed a 2-1 home victory over the Vancouver Canucks its last time out on Jan. 13.

The Kraken rallied for four unanswered goals in the final two periods to deal the Rangers their fourth straight loss, a 4-2 defeat (that followed Saturday’s 10-2 loss to Boston) before an ornery Garden crowd that began chanting “Fire Drury!’’

Josh Doan scored, Colten Ellis made 30 saves in his first game in a month and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-2 to give them 12 victories in their past 13 games.