LAS VEGAS — Just because it was better doesn’t mean it was good. And now the Rangers have a whole week to think about it. In the final game before their five-day bye week, and in the first trip here to face the Golden Knights, the Rangers were subpar for the second straight night, this […]
Read MoreLAS VEGAS — Gerard Gallant speaks fast, and sometimes his thoughts stumble upon themselves with a mumbling Canadian humility. But the smile on the face of the first coach in Vegas Golden Knights history was irrepressible. “Everything has gone pretty perfect for us so far,” Gallant said before his team played host to the Rangers […]
Read MoreRight place at the right time. see also Rangers wait too long to get going in loss to Golden Knights LAS VEGAS — Just because it was better doesn’t mean… A Rangers fan wearing a Rod Gilbert jersey got the ultimate surprise before Sunday night’s game against the Golden Knights in Las Vegas, when Gilbert, […]
Read MoreLAS VEGAS — There is very little reason to lose composure over the fact that coach Alain Vigneault decided second-year winger Pavel Buchnevich was the correct player to sit in the final game before the five-day bye week, a 2-1 loss to the Western Conference-leading Golden Knights out here on Sunday night. But it is […]
Read MoreThe Rangers are hopeful that Kevin Hayes will be available when they come out of the bye week to meet the Islanders on Saturday afternoon at the Garden. Hayes left a 2-1 defeat Sunday in Vegas following his first shift of the second period with a contusion he sustained taking a big, early first-period hit […]
Read MoreRegarding the Rangers, a bubble team in a bubble league: 1. It is just about impossible to find anyone in hockey who believes that Jim Dolan would authorize the Blueshirts to be sellers approaching the Feb. 26 trade deadline and thus jeopardize playoff gates that are far from a sure thing anyway. Indeed, there are […]
Read MoreHenrik Lundqvist, John Tavares and Taylor Hall have all secured a return trip to the NHL All-Star Game Wednesday, while Josh Bailey will join them as a first-timer. All four were named to the Metropolitan Division team for the annual event set to be played on Jan. 28 in Tampa Bay. It’s the fifth straight […]
Read MoreThe goal of the Islanders playing games at the Nassau Coliseum before moving into a new arena at Belmont Park took a step toward reality Tuesday when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and a group of senior officials toured the team’s old home with owner Jon Ledecky. Bettman previously had said the Coliseum was not a […]
Read MoreBRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The 2017-18 hockey season is all about learning for Rangers first-round pick Filip Chytil: adjusting to the speed and physicality of the game in a new country and playing with brand new teammates. And then there are the off-ice lessons, which the 18-year-old center, who was drafted 21st overall in June, is […]
Read MoreNBC NHL reporter Pierre McGuire is recovering from prostate cancer surgery, the network announced Wednesday night. McGuire is known for his “Inside the Glass” segments, in which he talks to coaches during breaks in the game. “I’m back doing radio and I’m watching games every night,” McGuire told USA Today. “I can’t travel right now. […]
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