When a team struggles, it’s often easiest to blame the goaltending. However, if a goalie is giving up fewer than three goals a game while putting up solid performances, they cannot be solely to blame.

Despite a 3-1 victory on Friday night over the Dallas Stars to temporarily halt their bleeding, the New York Rangers fell right back into the loss column on Sunday night against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers lost for the 12th time in their last 16 games with a 3-1 defeat to the visiting Hurricanes on Sunday.

Kochetkov said it was his first two-point game at any level. He also had an assist in a 4-2 win at the Calgary Flames on Oct. 24. “We needed some offense,” Hurricanes coach Ro