The good news for the home team Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden was that Gabe Perreault recorded the first

The Rangers were outshot, 14-6, by the Senators in the opening 20 minutes. They didn’t have a scoring chance, according to Natural Stat Trick, let alone anything that qualified as a high-danger one. Only three of those came from a top-nine forward, and all were collected by Mika Zibanejad.

At least the Rangers showed a little pushback near the end. Rookie Gabe Perreault scored two pretty goals, one late in the second, that made it 6-1, and one early in the third, that pulled them within 6-2. And fellow rookie Noah Laba scored on a power play, tipping in Alexis Lafreniere’s shot to make it 7-3 at 10:44 of the third.

Brady Tkuchuk scored his 200th career goal and collected two of his three assists in a four-goal first period for the Ottawa Senators, who netted the first six goals of an 8-4 victory over the host New York Rangers on Wednesday night.

For the second time in three games, the Rangers’ backup goaltender — forced into the starting role with Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve — was pulled, this time with 7:37 left in the second period Wednesday after allowing six goals during the Blueshirts’ game against the Senators.

Most of Drury’s moves last season were aimed at shedding veterans to shake up the Rangers’ core, but Miller was a very notable exception. He was coveted for his ferocious play style and fiery leadership, then promptly named the franchise’s 29th captain less than eight months after being acquired from Vancouver.

Video newly obtained by WBZ appears to show a New York Rangers fan push a Boston Bruins fan down the stairs at TD Garden.

The Ottawa Senators took care of business on Tuesday night against the last-place Vancouver Canucks and will look to do the same on Wednesday night in New York City against the Rangers, who enter the game last in the Eastern Conference.

On Wednesday night, the Rangers hope to have found answers to questions about their fourth straight loss (0-3-1) when they host the Ottawa Senators. The Rangers appeared they were