TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Past the midway point of the NHL season, confidence is not in high supply for the New York Rangers, losers of four in a row and seven of their past eight games since returning from the holiday break.

“We’re definitely a little bit of a fragile group right now,” defenseman Braden Schneider said. “The guys know we’re a good team. We believe that we have the ability to win games, and guys still believe in here that we’re good. We’ve just got to make sure that we’re not letting the small things that happen in a game get to us.”

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