The New York Rangers entered Thursday night's home game at Madison Square Garden with a seemingly golden opportunity to get back on track following a previous loss to the Minnesota Wild . Instead, New York became the first victim in the 2025-26 NHL season of Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks .

The Sharks, who started the day winless through six games, came away with a 6-5 win via overtime in the Big Apple.

The loss to San Jose left forward J.T. Miller and defenseman Adam Fox furious about the Rangers' effort against a supposedly very beatable opponent .

“Pretty piss poor out of us,” Fox said of New York's performance, particularly in the first period, where the Sharks scored the first two goals of the contest (h/t Peter Baugh of The Athletic).

“Not the identity we want

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