Not until the morning. Not until Saturday morning will Henrik Lundqvist turn his focus to the Game 6 potential opening-round clincher at the Garden against the Canadiens that night. “I put so much energy into every game, that I won’t think about it until morning of game day,” Lundqvist told The Post following Thursday’s 3-2 […]
Read MoreMONTREAL — If you think the Canadiens were attacking Henrik Lundqvist with reckless abandon in the first five games of this series, what do you think is going to happen with their season on the line? So the alert is out for Lundqvist when his Rangers take the Garden ice with a chance to eliminate […]
Read MoreMONTREAL — When Brendan Smith was with the Red Wings for the first five months of the 2016-17 regular season, he didn’t get to see a lot of Rangers rookie defenseman Brady Skjei. But since Smith came over in a Feb. 28 trade and recently spending a good amount of time on a defensive pair […]
Read MoreClick:开放的免费api MONTREAL — First came an experiment to see if the chemistry was still there. But now, the Rangers’ “KZB” line is back, and it’s hard to see coach Alain Vigneault splitting them up anytime soon. The trio of Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and Pavel Buchnevich did not take long to rekindle their on-ice relationship […]
Read MoreThis was the type of play that can stay with a player for a long time and could begin to define his legacy — if he let it. But it took Rangers defenseman Nick Holden less than a day to get over what transpired at the end of regulation in Game 2 of his team’s […]
Read MoreThis was early in the 1994-95 season, when the Devils were in Buffalo for the first time since losing an unforgettable first-round 1-0 quadruple-overtime Game 6 to Dominik Hasek, before defeating the Sabres at the Meadowlands two nights later in Game 7. Following the morning skate, New Jersey defenseman Bruce Driver was asked what he […]
Read MoreThe Rangers and Canadiens entered their playoff series known as “skill teams” — NHL code for soft. Five games have changed that. A series that has seen its share of stitches, bruises and hits — legal and illegal on both sides — has emerged as the most physical in the Stanley Cup playoffs. “I think […]
Read MoreIt has been more than just the play-making ability from Jimmy Vesey that has been impressive in his first NHL postseason. It also has been how he hasn’t backed down from the physical Canadiens, before or after the whistle, as his team had a chance to finish off the series with a Game 6 victory […]
Read MoreOne goal in the playoffs for him last year. One goal in the playoffs for him this year. First-round loss for his team last year in six games. First-round loss for his team this year in a four-game sweep. But when Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman said as he did on Saturday, in the wake […]
Read MoreIt was a regular season that started with uncertainty and a postseason that started with the same. But this is proving to be a new version of an old story, the Rangers maybe not looking like the most formidable opponent in the playoffs, but somehow finding ways to win — and win big. Once again, […]
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