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Rangers’ glaring power-play issues are their undoing in loss to Oilers

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Walker, M. (2026, November 10). Rangers’ glaring power-play issues are their undoing in loss to Oilers. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/09/sports/rangers-let-down-by-struggling-power-play-in-loss-to-oilers/

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New York Post · collected 2026-11-10 · by Mollie Walker

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The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Rangers 3-1 on Monday night despite the Rangers generating offensive pressure and keeping the game low-scoring. The key issue for the Rangers was their ineffectiveness on the power play, going 0-for-5 including missed opportunities late in the third period. Connor McDavid extended his point streak to 19 games by scoring against the Rangers, while Leon Draisaitl also contributed two points. The Rangers' struggles with the man advantage have persisted despite recent adjustments made by their coaching staff.
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On November 10, 2026, Leon Draisaitl scored twice as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the New York Rangers by a score of 3-1 in Edmonton. The Oilers, led by Draisaitl's league-leading 18 goals and Connor McDavid’s goal, extended their winning streak to two games while sweeping the season series against the Rangers. Devon Levi made 28 saves for the Oilers, improving his record to 8-1-0. For the Rangers, Jaroslav Chmelar scored a short-handed goal, and Dylan Garand had 17 saves. The Rangers' losing streak ended at three games after this defeat.

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Draisaitl Scores Twice, Oilers Beat Rangers
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Inadvertently hitting the side of the net on an attempted pass from the trapezoid, Garand lost the puck with McDavid lurking and couldn’t get to the crease in time to stop the three-time Hart Trophy winner from scoring what may have been the easiest of his 11 goals so far this season.
Not really stress out about things game to game, but look at the big picture and realize that if I play well, things will work out.”
The Rangers might have started putting the puck on net more as the game went on, but it was hardly enough to combat the Oilers’ consistent level of play.
And when the Rangers finally started to catch some momentum following J.T. Miller’s fourth goal of the season, Reimer couldn’t track a one-timer from Drew Doughty at the top of the zone and his team lost any push it had just as quickly as it started.
If a certain percentage of the ones that hit the posts have gone in the net, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
The Rangers struggled mightily with clearing the puck and breaking it out of their zone, which led to Batherson’s second of the game less than two minutes into the second period.
2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Rangers outgunned by Senators after another slow start
tRY IT NOWThe adjustment to having three lefties (Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller) and two righties (Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad), as opposed to the four-righty alignment they’ve deployed the last seven seasons, is apparently more significant than one would expect.
With effective spurts that haven’t always been enough to demand results, the second line hopes that staying the course will pay off.
Teams will have to face Igor Shesterkin (when he returns from injury next season), Ilya Sorokin and Hellebuyck during the New York-New Jersey swing.
In his sixth consecutive start, rookie netminder Dylan Garand struggled mightily with rebound control.
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Blueshirts EDMONTON NHL Oilers Rangers

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Rangers ORG · 14× Oilers ORG · 5× McDavid PERSON · 4× Garand PERSON · 3× Blueshirts ORG · 2× Draisaitl PERSON · 2× NHL ORG · 2× Alberta GPE · 1× Connor McDavid PERSON · 1× EDMONTON GPE · 1×

Narrative

Despite two of them landing on the scoresheet — who else but Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl (twice)? — the Blueshirts kept this 3-1 loss relatively low-event and generated spurts of offensive pressure to make this second meeting in nine days a much more evenly matched affair than the first at Madison Square Garden. Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOWAs disjointed as their power play has been all season long, however, the lack of production had never so glaringly cost the Rangers like it did Monday night.
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Inadvertently hitting the side of the net on an attempted pass from the trapezoid, Garand lost the puck with McDavid lurking and couldn’t get to the crease in time to stop the three-time Hart Trophy winner from scoring what may have been the easiest of his 11 goals so far this season.
2026-11-10 · New York Post
Rangers’ glaring power-play issues are their undoing in loss to Oilers · assertive framing

Claims (20 extracted, 1 hedged)

The Rangers hung with an Oilers team that has three of the top five producing skaters in the NHL on Monday night. asserted
that → hang → night
Despite two of them landing on the scoresheet — who else but Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl (twice)? — the Blueshirts kept this 3-1 loss relatively low-event and generated spurts of offensive pressure to make this second meeting in nine days a much more evenly matched affair than the first at Madison Square Garden. Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOWAs disjointed as their power play has been all season long, however, the lack of production had never so glaringly cost the Rangers like it did Monday night. asserted
it → land → production
The visitors went 0-for-5 with the man advantage, including two in the third period and one with 1:27 left in regulation. asserted
visitors → go → regulation
The Rangers went without a single shot on goal during the first power play before giving up an empty-net goal to Draisaitl on the second. asserted
Rangers → go → second
After the 4-1 loss to the Oilers on Nov. 1, the Rangers coaching staff made the executive decision to break up the two power play units the team had ridden for a majority of the season. asserted
team → make → season
In addition to personnel changes, the Rangers leaned on double-shifting Adam Fox as well. asserted
Rangers → lean → Fox
Plugging players in different positions hasn’t had the desired effect. asserted
Plugging → plug → effect
Neither has double-shifting Fox. asserted
Neither → have → Fox
The Rangers carried a 20.8 power play percentage into Monday’s contest, which ranked 19th in the NHL. asserted
which → carry → NHL
A second-ranked penalty kill has offset their power-play struggles, but the Blueshirts are built for the man advantage to be a separating factor, and it simply has not been. asserted
it → rank → struggles
For the second time in two games in the span of nine days, McDavid opened the scoring against the Rangers to extend his point streak to a staggering 19 consecutive games — or every single Oilers game this season. asserted
McDavid → open → games
While McDavid’s goal off the rush in their Nov. 1 meeting was an individual effort on Dylan Garand, Monday night saw an accidental assist from the Rangers rookie goalie. asserted
night → see → goalie
Inadvertently hitting the side of the net on an attempted pass from the trapezoid, Garand lost the puck with McDavid lurking and couldn’t get to the crease in time to stop the three-time Hart Trophy winner from scoring what may have been the easiest of his 11 goals so far this season. uncertain
what → hit → goals
Garand and the Rangers recovered from the gaffe fairly well for the remainder of the period, but the visitors found themselves down by two early in the second period. asserted
themselves → recover → period
Draisaitl chipped the puck in from the high slot with McDavid battling Braden Schneider in front of Garand. asserted
McDavid → chip → Garand
The Rangers challenged for goaltender interference, but were unsuccessful. asserted
Rangers → challenge → interference
With the Rangers already down a man due to the failed challenge, Schneider then got called for a delay of game for flipping the puck out of play. asserted
Schneider → fail → play
As a result, the Oilers had a 5-on-3 advantage for 21 seconds. asserted
Oilers → have → seconds
Not only did the visitors fend off both power plays, but the Rangers scored a shorthanded goal to stay competitive. asserted
Rangers → fend → goal
Taking a leading feed from Mika Zibanejad right out of the penalty box, Jaroslav Chmelar sniped the puck top corner on Oilers goalie Devon Levi for the first shorthanded goal of his young career and the 2-1 score. asserted
Chmelar → take → career
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