This was an unscripted moment of frustration for a player who almost never complains. “What am I supposed to do?” Rick Nash asked after he took an unpenalized punch to the face from Alex Petrovic at 16:30 of the third period in the Rangers’ 4-3 shootout loss to the Panthers on Friday night at the […]
Read MoreJohn Tortorella and Doug Weight were just a few feet away from each other. The mental and emotional distance separating the coaches was another matter following a 3-2 overtime victory by the Blue Jackets over the Islanders on Saturday at Barclays Center. Cam Atkinson delivered the winner for Columbus 1:19 into the extra session. “We […]
Read MoreSAINT PAUL, Minn. — They are Sybilesque, that’s what these multi-personality Rangers are — one way wearing Blue and another clad in White. “I think when we’re home and something goes wrong, we kind of look at ourselves as victims, but when we’re on the road we have a different mentality where we just dig […]
Read MoreSAINT PAUL, Minn. — Separate and unequal. It may be only now that the U.S. National Women’s Hockey Team’s righteous fight for equal opportunity has become part of the public’s consciousness, but the struggle to rectify these anachronistic conditions has been ongoing for a generation. “I can’t say that I’m aware of the specific details […]
Read MoreSAINT PAUL, Minn. — So there was Marc Staal paired with Ryan McDonagh for the seventh straight game, but wait … Staal on the right side? When, he was asked following the Rangers’ 3-2 victory over the Wild on Saturday, did he last play an entire game on his off-side? “Uh … 25 years ago?” […]
Read MoreRegarding the Rangers, three weeks away from crossing (over into) the Atlantic: 1. Jimmy Vesey’s revival meeting in Saint Paul on Saturday in which the rookie not only scored his first goal in 15 games but played with authority at both ends of the ice was important for the Blueshirts. Because Alain Vigneault needs to […]
Read MoreClick:slot milling NEWARK, N.J. — Making the playoffs for the third time in franchise history is just the first step for the Blue Jackets. There’s much more serious work ahead for coach John Tortorella and his team in the next few weeks: making a run at the Stanley Cup. Lukas Sedlak and Brandon Dubinsky scored […]
Read MoreAfter Henrik Lundqvist finished his first practice since injuring his hip on March 7, the goalie said he felt “great,” but also cautioned that there was still more work to be done before he’s ready to get back into action. “You need to be on top of your game,” Lundqvist said Monday. “It’s more about […]
Read MoreThe Rangers have 10 games left in the regular season — and just four at Madison Square Garden. That leaves the best road team in the league four games to figure out how to duplicate that success on Broadway. It’s been a problem they’ve been unable to solve throughout the season. “We’ve got to win […]
Read MoreYou never would have known from watching that this Battle of the Hudson was a low-stakes match — with Rangers all but assured of the East’s first wild-card spot and the Devils on the precipice of a fifth straight playoff miss with fewer than three weeks remaining on the schedule. For this one in Newark […]
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