Rangers Hit Skids at Home

For 24 consecutive games at Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers always found a way to avoid defeat.

Now, they can’t find a way to win.

After tying their club record with a 24-game home unbeaten streak, the Rangers lost their third in a row at New York on Wednesday night, falling to the Boston Bruins, 3-1.

OTHER GAMES

Derek Plante scored with 23.8 records remaining in overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators at Kanata, Ontario. . . . Ed Olczyk scored two goals at Winnipeg as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3. . . . Eric Lindros scored his 40th and 41st goals and Craig MacTavish tied the game with 7:00 to play, enabling the Philadelphia Flyers to deadlock the Dallas Stars, 4-4, at Dallas. . . . Paul Ranheim and Andrew Cassels scored third-period goals at Hartford to give the Hartford Whalers a 4-4 tie with the Edmonton Oilers.