Doug Weight offered a strong endorsement of his goalies, Jaroslav Halak and Thomas Greiss, before the Islanders took the ice against the Capitals on Monday night. “I feel good about both our goalies,” he said at the team’s morning skate. “No one else does. I don’t really care.” Halak left Weight, plus 11,053 fans in […]
Read MoreThere weren’t even the proper words to describe how appreciative the Rangers were for backup goalie Ondrej Pavelec saving them from utter embarrassment. Because in just his fifth start of the season, Pavelec was all that kept the Blueshirts from getting run out of their building, the single reason they were able to slink away […]
Read MoreIf you believe that the Rangers “earned” the point they wound up with in Monday’s 2-1 shootout defeat to the Stars at the Garden, then your definition of the term is far more generous than just about anyone else’s. And that includes Alain Vigneault, the coach of the team who presided over the shortest postgame […]
Read MoreConcussions can be tricky things, but Mika Zibanejad still thinks he could have been more truthful with himself. At least that’s the way he looked at it on Monday, when the Rangers’ top-line center finally got back with his team during a light morning skate before a Garden match against the Stars. That was set […]
Read MoreFormer NHL star Luc Robitaille’s wife said President Trump once became “aggressive” while propositioning her in a Madison Square Garden elevator. Stacia Robitaille said she encountered the real estate mogul in Madison Square Garden while her husband was playing for the Rangers. “I was once on a elevator alone with @realDonaldTrump (& a man w/him) […]
Read MoreNEWARK, N.J. — Taylor Hall scored twice and the Devils ended the Kings’ eight-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory Tuesday night. Travis Zajac, Brian Boyle and Brian Gibbons also scored for the Devils, who snapped a two-game skid. Cory Schneider made 16 saves. The Kings were beaten for the first time since losing 3-2 […]
Read MoreTo flush or not to flush? That is the question the Rangers were left to answer Tuesday after a disappointing shootout loss Monday night to the Stars at the Garden. In the course of a long season, it can be easy to dismiss a loss as a loss and quickly move on to the next […]
Read MoreWhile the Islanders recorded a 3-1 win over the Capitals on Monday night, the victory may have been even bigger because they did not allow a goal on the penalty kill. It snapped a streak of seven straight games in which the Islanders’ opponents had at least one power-play goal. Opponents had a combined 11 […]
Read MoreLast year, the Rangers were the NHL’s best team on the road. The sample size is still small this season, but so far the Rangers have the fewest road points in the league, something they’re hoping to change starting Wednesday at Ottawa. “These are huge games for us,” Rick Nash said. “You look at the […]
Read MoreWhen Doug Weight brings up the term “puck management” with his players, he worries that he starts “sounding like Charlie Brown’s teacher — they’re not really listening.” Having been in that chair as a player not long ago, Weight understands. But the Islanders coach wanted to emphasize his point recently, so he used some stats […]
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