TAMPA, Fla. — At least now the Rangers have a template, something they can point to when speaking about knowing they can play the right way and compete against the best teams in the league. Because what they did Thursday night at Amalie Arena was beat arguably best team in the league, a 2-1 victory […]
Read MoreTAMPA, Fla. — Brendan Smith does not lack confidence. As the Rangers made the rugged defenseman a healthy scratch for the third time this season with Thursday night’s 2-1 overtime win against the Lightning at Amalie Arena, he hardly thought his game was mired in any type of funk. “I like where my game’s at,” […]
Read MoreTAMPA — If you’re an overly superstitious Islanders fan, look away. That’s because a thought recently arose that is hard to fathom considering the preceding two decades of general incompetence and bad luck that has become synonymous with the franchise currently roaming the New York area looking for a new home. It’s a thought that […]
Read MoreBRANDON, Fla.—The question for the Rangers now is if they can keep their focus when they’re playing a team that’s not the best in the league. Because the Blueshirts made it very clear that the main reason they finally came out of the gates clean, and why they maintained the poise throughout a 2-1 overtime […]
Read MoreBRANDON, Fla. — Kevin Hayes, the comedian. The Rangers forward took a humorous approach to his $5,000 fine levied for spraying a water bottle from the bench at the Lightning’s Alex Killorn during the 2-1 overtime victory at Amalie Arena in Tampa on Thursday night. “Basically, the ice was pretty dry, so I wanted to […]
Read MoreEDMONTON, Alberta — The Devils fast start has been fueled by its talented youth. The Oilers know what it is like to have one of the best young players in the game and Connor McDavid didn’t disappoint. He had three assists and the Oilers beat New Jersey 6-3 on Friday night to hand the Devils’ […]
Read MoreThis just in: Jeff Sessions cannot recall whether he has ever seen Alexander Ovechkin play hockey. Ovechkin may claim, as he did Thursday, that he is not trying to be “a politics man” in the wake of his social media commitment to and endorsement of Russian president Vladimir Putin, but only the willfully naïve would […]
Read MoreClick:West Hollywood head spa SUNRISE, Fla. — No matter how high or low internal or external expectations were for the Rangers this season, a large part of their fate was staked on the back of Kevin Shattenkirk. So it was no wonder why they started this season so woefully inconsistent, with good efforts undercut by […]
Read MoreSUNRISE, Fla. — Flu season is upon us. At least among the Rangers, as fourth-line center Boo Nieves missed Saturday night’s 5-4 overtime win against the Panthers at BB&T Center after coming down with the illness in the morning. “Thought he might turn around,” coach Alain Vigneault said, “but he hasn’t.” Vigneault had already been […]
Read MoreThe Islanders entered play Sunday with three goals by their defensemen through the season’s first 13 games. With some help from stray Avalanche sticks, skates and legs, Islanders blueliners struck gold in Game 14 and racked up four goals in a 6-4 win at Barclays Center. “It’s huge,” said Scott Mayfield, who scored the first […]
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