Rangers' futility reaches historic mark in shutout loss to Oilers

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The Rangers went into Tuesday night looking to contain Edmonton’s star, Connor McDavid.

On that note, mission accomplished, as McDavid was held scoreless at Madison Square Garden.

Unfortunately, so were the Rangers — again — in a 2-0 loss.

In what’s become an alarming trend, the Rangers have not scored a goal in three home games this season, becoming the only team still active to open a season with that much futility on their home ice.

The Blueshirts are the first team to open the season with three consecutive shutout losses at home in NHL history.

Tuesday night featured several cha