COLUMBUS, Ohio – Franchise history will have to be made some other way for this Rangers team.

For it was on Sunday night that the Blueshirts’ record-tying win streak of 10 games remained as described after the club suffered its first loss of the month, a 4-2 defeat, at the hands of the Blue Jackets in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,293 at Nationwide Arena.

A win would’ve etched this 2023-24 Rangers team in the organization’s history books that date back 98 years.

More importantly, it would’ve allowed them to surpass the Canucks for the most points in the NHL.

The win streak record may no longer be obtainable, but the points lead still is as they sit just one point behind Vancouver.

The energy put into winning every single game since the All-Star break finally caught up to the Rangers, who didn’t win a lot of puck battles against the last-place team in the Metropolitan Division.

Columbus was consistently hungry for the puck over 60 minutes, which exposed some lackluster defense from the visitors.

Second games of back-to-back slates have been the Rangers’ specialty this season, but that streak – 9-0-0 – also came to an end.