SAINT 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 […]
Read MoreAntti Raanta, who has started six straight for the Rangers in Henrik Lundqvist’s absence, is sure hoping to extend the second-longest such streak of his career to seven when the Islanders visit the Garden on Wednesday. It would mark the third complete set of back-to-backs within 13 days for the 26-year-old Finn since Lundqvist went […]
Read MoreHenrik Lundqvist was back on the Garden ice Wednesday, but not for the Rangers’ game against the Islanders. Instead, he was getting another tune-up before his expected return this weekend in California. Lundqvist, out since March 7 with a hip injury, sat again Wednesday night as the team stuck to its plan to get him […]
Read MoreThe Islanders entered Wednesday’s game at Madison Square Garden an admittedly “desperate” team — and after they beat the Rangers, 3-2, the Blueshirts might use the same term to describe their own situation at home. Andrew Ladd’s third-period, power-play goal gave the Islanders their first lead of the night, and they held on for just […]
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