Life without Adam Fox is going to be challenging, it seems.

Playing without their No. 1 defenseman, out until at least Christmas with an upper-body injury, the Rangers played a tough game Tuesday at Madison Square Garden against a Dallas Stars team that carried the second-best record in the league into the game.

The Rangers clearly missed Fox, especially on the power play, but they hung with the Stars all night, and kept at it, even when they fell behind in the third period.

They tied it late after pulling Igor Shesterkin for the extra skater as Will Cuylle scored to force overtime. Then Fox’s defense partner, Vladislav Gavrikov, scored 1:09 into overtime, banging in the rebound of a shot by Artemi Panarin to give the Rangers a much-deserved 3-2 win.

The Rangers (14-12-2), who have won

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