The New York Rangers’ 2-0 home loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night was a fitting end to the pre-Olympic portion of their schedule.

If you wanted to sum up the state of the Battle of New York in one moment, you could do a lot worse than 14:59 of the first period Wednesday night. There was Ondrej Palat, celebrating his first goal as an Islander one day after being traded across town from New Jersey.

David Rittich made 27 saves for his ninth career shutout, Anders Lee scored less than a minute into the game, and the New York Islanders blanked the New York Rangers 2-0 on Saturday night. Lee's unassisted goal 58 seconds in extended his point streak to five games as the Islanders won their second straight.