Alexis Lafreniere and Vincent Trocheck scored twice, but goalie Jonathan Quick fell short in his bid to get career win No. 400.

Despite leading by three goals at one point, the Rangers suffered a gut-wrenching 5-4 overtime defeat at the hands of the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. The Rangers scored three quick goals in the first period to take a commanding 3-0 lead.

The Rangers had already taken an injury hit hours before their overtime loss to the Stars on Tuesday when Chris Kreider landed on injured reserve, retroactive to Sunday, with an upper-body injury. But their lineup situation worsened when center Filip Chytil exited with an upper-body injury against Dallas and didn’t return.

As the Rangers allowed odd-man rush after odd-man rush, the Stars needed three minutes to cut the deficit to a goal. “Offensive zone, we put ourselves on the wrong side of everything in the first period,

New York Rangers’ forward Filip Chytil left Tuesday’s game against the Dallas Stars with an upper-body injury, with the team reporting on social media that he would not return.