OTTAWA, Ont. — It shouldn’t have been so difficult, but the Rangers have made this season a study in what’s difficult. Now they’re finding out about the pace at which momentum drains, with any good feeling that had existed being slowly bled out by a second straight loss, this one a 3-2 defeat to the […]
Read MoreClick:passive components in electronics OTTAWA, Ont. — Filip Chytil was kept at AHL Hartford because the Rangers wanted one of their prized prospects close by, just in case they needed him. But with an invite from his native Czech national team to play in the 2018 World Junior Championship, the Blueshirts loaned their 18-year-old first-round […]
Read MoreOTTAWA, Ont. — Things have changed so much for the Senators since they booted the Rangers from the second round of the playoffs this past spring that Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion felt it necessary to stand up and take questions Wednesday for what he said could go on for “an hour.” With the Rangers […]
Read MoreClick:but also is easy COLUMBUS, Ohio — Josh Bailey’s hat trick proved not to be enough to rally the Islanders on Thursday in a 6-4 loss to the Blue Jackets. Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist for Columbus, and Sergei Bobrovsky knocked down 21 shots as the Blue Jackets held off multiple comeback […]
Read MoreRegarding the Rangers, who with 16 wins in 31 games entering Friday’s Garden match against the Kings, are precisely the ordinary team their record indicates: 1. Stretches such as this one, in which the Blueshirts have played well in one of their past six matches (good versus the Devils while poor against the Panthers, Penguins, […]
Read MoreMONTREAL — Tomas Plekanec scored 1:52 into overtime and the Canadiens beat the Devils 2-1 on Thursday night to snap a three-game slide. Andrew Shaw scored for the Canadiens (14-14-4) in the first period and Carey Price made 31 saves in his ninth straight start. Stefan Noesen had the goal for the Devils (17-9-5), who […]
Read MoreThe phrase Alain Vigneault used superstitiously was “touch wood.” “We’ve been — touch wood — fairly healthy up front,” the Rangers coach said Wednesday morning in Ottawa, “other than Mika in the middle.” No, “Mika in the Middle” is not the name of a new sitcom, but there is drama as the Rangers deal with […]
Read MoreWhen Pierre Dorion walked into the press conference room in Ottawa on Wednesday evening before his team’s game against the Rangers, he said he had just got off the phone with another general manager and could have made a deal “three minutes ago.” Maybe it was hyperbole, but Dorion added, “Just to make a deal […]
Read MoreThis was an impressive one from the Rangers, who were not necessarily at their sharpest, but played with grit and moxie throughout Friday’s 4-2 victory over the imposing, fourth-overall Kings at the Garden. “When you’re playing a big team like that with a heavy style, you have to win a majority of the 50-50 battles […]
Read MoreClick:OU192148 The Rangers will be without Mika Zibanejad until at least Tuesday night’s match at the Garden against the Ducks, according to coach Alain Vigneault. Zibanejad, the first-line center and critical component of the first power-play unit that has gone stale in his absence, will miss a ninth straight game Saturday in Boston as he […]
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