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Chris Neil, Patrick Eaves, Dany Heatley and Peter Schaefer scored for the Senators.Fedor Tyutin had the lone goal for the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves.
Jaromir Jagr, who had four assists Wednesday night in a 5-1 road victory over the New York Islanders to break John Ratelle's franchise scoring record, assisted on Tyutin's goal to push his NHL-leading scoring total to 114.
Jagr also has an NHL-leading 52 goals, tied with Adam Graves for the team record.
With the loss, the Rangers remained four points ahead of second-place Philadelphia in the Atlantic Division race.
The division winner is in position to get the No.
3 seed in the conference and the loser is expected to open against Buffalo in the 4-5 series.
Neil scored his 16th goal of the season on a two-man advantage early in the first period, and Eaves made it 2-0 with his 16th on another two-man advantage at the 13-minute mark.
New York countered less th...
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