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Who had the Penguins jumping to a 2-0 start on their bingo card? If you’re a skeptic on the Rangers’ and Islanders’ tactical improvements in the offseason, then perhaps you did.

In the Rangers ’ home opening 3-0 loss to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, they looked every bit as ho-hum as they did in the spring.

Here’s where the venn diagram met: no sustained offensive zone pressure, turnovers in their own zone, a power play that mustered three shots on two chances, no big hits and the top players were dust in the wind.

The difference was one Justin Brazeau goal before two empty-netters sealed the game for the road dogs, who closed at

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