The NHL season just began and the New York Rangers have already made history, but not the good kind. The Rangers are the first time in NHL history to get shut out in all three of their first home games of the season, coming against the Edmonton Oilers , Washington Capitals and in their season opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins .

The Rangers' 180 minutes without getting the puck in the net at Madison Square Garden is the second longest drought to begin a season. The Pittsburgh Pirates went 187 minutes and 19 seconds without a goal at their home of Duquesne Gardens in 1928 and the time was only longer thanks to an overtime period.

In the modern era, the 2001 Florida Panthers previously held the record of longest time without a goal scored at home at 155 minutes and 17 secon

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