Doug Weight wasn’t ready to put an end to Calvin de Haan’s season just yet, but the Islanders coach described his defenseman’s status with a shoulder injury as out “indefinitely” and “long-term.” De Haan, injured late in last Saturday’s overtime win against the Kings as he hit the ice to break up a rush, has […]
Read MoreWe made the list, checked it twice and well, it was hard to believe. Of the 29 NHL forwards who had played as least 500 minutes at five-on-five entering Saturday’s final pre-Christmas matches, just four had scored fewer than four goals at full and equal strength. Arizona’s Max Domi had one. Kings rookie winger Alex […]
Read MoreSome 70 feet across the ice from where Michael Grabner burst across the line on the left side, Kevin Hayes had the best look of all as the Austrian Express left a pair of Maple Leafs in his exhaust fumes before snapping a drive past Frederik Andersen at 12:09 of the third period that seemed […]
Read MoreThe Rangers had a little talk amongst themselves after this one, and the message was clear. “Recharge,” Brady Skjei relayed, “and ready to get back after Christmas.” The recharge is needed after a 3-2 loss to the Maple Leafs on Saturday night at the Garden which was the Rangers’ second straight loss, bringing them into […]
Read MoreYou’ve heard from two headliners of the prospective marquee free-agent class of 2019, and you’ve heard that Erik Karlsson and Drew Doughty intend to reap rewards commensurate with their considerable worth. But you haven’t heard that kind of declaration from the star-spangled member of the class, which projects to also include Oliver Ekman-Larsson. And you […]
Read MoreFirst it was Kevin Shattenkirk, and this time it was Mika Zibanejad. As the Rangers pushed to try to overcome a one-goal deficit, coach Alain Vigneault decided to bench Zibanejad, his presumptive top-line center, for all but one shift in the third period and all of the final 18:09 of regulation in what would be […]
Read MoreColoring the Blueshirts by numbers awaiting Wednesday’s return from the Christmas hiatus against Washington at the Garden: 1. Since Michael Grabner joined the Rangers at the start of last season, the Austrian Express leads the club in overall goal-scoring with 44, five more than Chris Kreider, 12 more than Rick Nash, 15 more than J.T. […]
Read MoreDevils veteran Brian Boyle — who was diagnosed with a form of leukemia in September and was back on the ice a month later — is enjoying a career year. Before the holidays, he sat down with The Post’s Steve Serby. Q: You called your wife, Lauren, after the original tests in September revealed that […]
Read MoreTORONTO — Johnny Bower, a beloved former Maple Leaf goalie who helped Toronto win its last Stanley Cup in 1967, has died. He was 93. Bower’s family said in a statement Tuesday the Hall of Famer died following a short battle with pneumonia. Bower was a two-time Vezina Trophy winner who became known as the […]
Read MoreThis was thinking about the long-term rather than the short-term. And maybe it was surprising to everyone looking in, but the Rangers had been planning this for a while. In their first game back after the three-day holiday break, the Blueshirts decided to sit goalie Henrik Lundqvist and give backup Ondrej Pavelec the start Wednesday […]
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