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Back at Madison Square Garden with a chance to set a season-high four-game winning streak, the Rangers again looked lost on home ice, like a team on a never-ending penalty kill, getting outplayed and outworked by the Lightning — and outshot 35-11 — in a dispiriting 4-1 loss Saturday afternoon.

While Tampa Bay (16-7-2) claimed its seventh straight win and payback for a 7-3 loss to the Blueshirts on Nov. 12, the Rangers (13-12-2) added another embarrassing chapter at the Garden, where they have gone 2-8-1, while being held to one goal in eight games. On the road, the Rangers own an NHL-best 11 wins, while averaging 3.43 goals per game. They entered Saturday’s game averaging 1.8 goals per game at home.

After a road-heavy start to the season, the Rangers will play six of their

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