The Rangers lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets last night, am opponent the Rangers should beat 9 times out of 10. To some, losing to a team that isn’t destined to make the playoffs is considered a bad loss. That’s fair, as the Rangers are a better team. However last night was not a bad loss. In fact, if you looked up the definition of a “good” loss in Websters, they’d point to last night’s 5-3 loss by the Rangers in Columbus.
Let’s start with the easy evidence. The Rangers had 71 shot attempts to Columbus’ 39, a whopping 65% advantage.