LOS ANGELES — This was a hold-your-breath moment, the kind of instance that really would have put the Rangers’ entire season in jeopardy. There was Henrik Lundqvist on Saturday afternoon in Denver, down on the ice and writhing in pain. His teammate, Brady Skjei, had just lost an edge and went barreling into Lundqvist’s lower […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES — The way the Rangers currently are constituted, they can ill afford to make mistakes like this. But there was just a bit of over-aggression coupled with the lack of execution on the penalty kill, and quickly the Blueshirts found themselves with a second straight loss to start this road trip, a 4-2 […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES — The carousel of Rangers injuries kept spinning as Michael Grabner was able to return for a 4-2 loss to the Kings on Sunday night at Staples Center after missing Saturday’s 3-1 loss to the Avalanche in Denver with the flu. The return of Granber brought Daniel Catenacci out of the lineup after […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES — The Rangers are a defensive team now, and there’s no need to look further than Rick Nash to find the explanation why. There was a time, not all that long ago, when it would have been a little surprising to hear just how much Nash cares about the penalty kill, and how […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES — It has been an oddity this season, going into a visiting dressing room and seeing the Rangers all distraught. But the best road team in the Eastern Conference since the start of last season (34 wins), as well as since Alain Vigneault took over as head coach in 2013-14 (106 wins), is […]
Read MoreGLENDALE, Ariz. — Nick Cousins scored his second goal of the game 2:21 into overtime to lift the Coyotes to a 3-2 win over the Islanders on Monday night. Anthony Beauvillier scored two goals for his second straight two-goal game for the Islanders, who have lost three of four and eight of 12. Beauvillier has […]
Read MoreANAHEIM, Calif. — Brendan Smith was both angry and befuddled. The Rangers edgy defenseman took a bad penalty and got into a fight that set the tone for a hellish second period Sunday night en route to a 4-2 loss to the Kings in Los Angeles. But just before that, Smith had been nailed with […]
Read MoreLet’s stipulate that this is something the Islanders did not and would never have chosen for themselves. But operating without leverage in the same world of power politics through which the team prevailed in its bid for a new arena at Belmont Park that is projected to open for the 2021-22 season, the Scott Malkin-Jon […]
Read MoreANAHEIM, Calif. — The Rangers think they’re playing well. Again, the Rangers — who lost their third in a row with a 6-3 defeat to the Ducks on Tuesday night, who are 5-8-1 in their past 14, who are dangerously sliding into the fringes of the postseason race as they approach the All-Star break — […]
Read MoreANAHEIM, Calif. — Brendan Smith was angry and befuddled heading into the Rangers’ 6-3 loss to the Ducks on Tuesday night. The edgy defenseman had taken a bad penalty and got into a fight that set the tone for a hellish second period Sunday night en route to a 4-2 loss to the Kings in […]
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