CALGARY — On Thursday, the Rangers faced the last winless team in the NHL in San Jose, and lost in overtime. On Sunday, they started their longest road trip of the season against the team at the very bottom of the league standings, in the one-win Calgary Flames, who had lost eight straight.

And things went from bad to worse.

The Flames, the lowest scoring team in the league with just 16 goals in their first nine games (1.78 per game), looked like world beaters against the Rangers, scoring twice in the first 10 minutes, and riding that fast start to a 5-1 victory in the Scotiabank Saddledome.

It was the third straight loss (0-2-1) for the Rangers, who are 1-4-2 in their last seven.

JT Miller said: “You can’t be OK with coming out flat. We’re in no position to come out flat. We were in t

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