Rangers frustrated after winless road trip ends with defeat in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — The frustration was palpable in the visiting locker room at the Delta Center on Saturday night.

Why?

Simply put, for all the troubles the New York Rangers have had at home and the seemingly endless criticism they’ve been receiving for that, their calling card had remained that they were the National Hockey League’s top team on the road.

No longer.

A 3-2 loss at the hands of the Utah Mammoth concluded an 0-for-the-trip week with three straight defeats; a loss in Vegas by the same score on Tuesday, followed by a 6-3 setback at the hands of the league-best Colorado Avalanche just two days later, concluding with what their head coach deemed as an unacceptable showing.

“I thought we got outplayed,” said Rangers bench boss Mike Sullivan, whose team fell to 9-4-1 on the road