Henrik Lundqvist was exasperated. The Rangers goalie was sitting there, knowing he was the only reason his Rangers didn’t get run out of the building, knowing on most nights this would have been a lot worse than just a 4-3 shootout loss to the Devils on Tuesday at Prudential Center. Lundqvist knew above everything else […]
Read MoreHaving won 12 of their past 16 games entering a meeting Thursday with the Devils, the Rangers have pushed themselves back into the thick of things in the Metropolitan Division. But they’re making sure their brutal start doesn’t entirely go to waste. “I think for us, the good part about it is we still feel […]
Read MoreJohn Tavares and Josh Bailey made history Thursday night. The first liners became the first Islanders players to record multiple points in five consecutive games since Pierre Turgeon did it in 1994. The first-line pair both had three points apiece in the 5-4 overtime loss to the Ducks. In that five-game span, in which the […]
Read MoreThe Islanders started Thursday night lacking urgency. They finished without it, too. Playing against the lowly Ducks, losers of three straight, the Islanders face-planted late in the third period before losing in overtime, 5-4, at Barclays Center. It’s the eighth loss in eleven games for the Islanders as they slowly dip lower in the Metropolitan […]
Read MoreAlain Vigneault is seemingly doing what he can to keep his rotation both up front and on the back end throughout games, but sometimes the Rangers leave their coach with very little chance to do so. During Thursday night’s 4-3 shootout loss to the Devils, Vigneault decided he had seen enough of first-year Ranger Kevin […]
Read MoreA word to the wise and all of our other readers, too: Measuring sticks this time of year come in the shape of candy canes. But my goodness, did the Devils’ riveting 4-3 shootout victory over the Rangers at the Rock on Thursday ever come in the form of an exclamation point. This was no […]
Read MoreClick:Hyperbaric Chamber 1.5 ATA For the first time since the Islanders left the Coliseum in 2015, the NHL has acknowledged that a short-term return is possible. While the team and New York State officially announced Wednesday that a new arena is going to be built at Belmont Park, the question is where they are going […]
Read MoreFor a team that has struggled to defend, this was not good news. The Rangers announced Friday that one of their most reliable two-way forwards, Jesper Fast, will miss the next two-to-three weeks with a quadriceps strain suffered during the 4-3 shootout loss to the Devils on Thursday in Newark. It was the eighth game […]
Read MoreThere is undoubtedly a sour taste in the mouths of the Rangers, and they want it gone by the time they head home to their families for the three-day Christmas break. That leaves a Garden match Saturday against the Maple Leafs as the one remaining chance for redemption, trying to forget all those horrid turnovers […]
Read MoreWhen Mathew Barzal scored his second goal of the first period Saturday, it marked the first time the Islanders center had recorded a multi-goal game in his brief NHL career. But why stop there? Adding another line to his Calder Trophy résumé, the rookie made it a hat trick with another goal in the third […]
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