Slow start, sloppy play dooms Sharks in loss to desperate Rangers

SAN JOSE – The San Jose Sharks can play spoiler over the final two-plus weeks of the regular season with a handful of their remaining opponents still vying for a playoff spot or jockeying for a better position.

It certainly didn’t happen on Saturday, as the desperate New York Rangers taught the Sharks’ remarkably young lineup a hard lesson.

The Sharks allowed two goals to Artemi Panarin in the first period and another to Adam Fox in the second and never recovered in a 6-1 loss to...