Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan explained the reasoning behind the club's decision to call up Gabriel Perreault from the AHL.

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Prior to play against the Nashville Predators, new head coach Mike Sullivan and the Rangers made NHL infamy after being the first team to be shut out in five of their first seven home games since the 1928-29 Pittsburgh Pirates in addition to logging an unfortunate scoreless streak at home that was only somewhat recently broken on Oct.

“That’s the balancing act,” Sullivan acknowledged. “Ideally, we were trying to give Gabe some time down there to build and develop his game, physically and otherwise, in the hopes that when he does get called to New York, he has the ability to be successful.”

At long last, the dam finally broke. The New York Rangers won their first home game of the season. They beat the Nashville Predators 6-3 at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, ending a dreadful 0-6-1 home start that included five shutout losses.