There is undoubtedly a sour taste in the mouths of the Rangers, and they want it gone by the time they head home to their families for the three-day Christmas break. That leaves a Garden match Saturday against the Maple Leafs as the one remaining chance for redemption, trying to forget all those horrid turnovers […]
Read MoreFor a team that has struggled to defend, this was not good news. The Rangers announced Friday that one of their most reliable two-way forwards, Jesper Fast, will miss the next two-to-three weeks with a quadriceps strain suffered during the 4-3 shootout loss to the Devils on Thursday in Newark. It was the eighth game […]
Read MoreDoug Weight wasn’t ready to put an end to Calvin de Haan’s season just yet, but the Islanders coach described his defenseman’s status with a shoulder injury as out “indefinitely” and “long-term.” De Haan, injured late in last Saturday’s overtime win against the Kings as he hit the ice to break up a rush, has […]
Read MoreWhen Mathew Barzal scored his second goal of the first period Saturday, it marked the first time the Islanders center had recorded a multi-goal game in his brief NHL career. But why stop there? Adding another line to his Calder Trophy résumé, the rookie made it a hat trick with another goal in the third […]
Read MoreWe made the list, checked it twice and well, it was hard to believe. Of the 29 NHL forwards who had played as least 500 minutes at five-on-five entering Saturday’s final pre-Christmas matches, just four had scored fewer than four goals at full and equal strength. Arizona’s Max Domi had one. Kings rookie winger Alex […]
Read MoreThe Rangers had a little talk amongst themselves after this one, and the message was clear. “Recharge,” Brady Skjei relayed, “and ready to get back after Christmas.” The recharge is needed after a 3-2 loss to the Maple Leafs on Saturday night at the Garden which was the Rangers’ second straight loss, bringing them into […]
Read MoreSome 70 feet across the ice from where Michael Grabner burst across the line on the left side, Kevin Hayes had the best look of all as the Austrian Express left a pair of Maple Leafs in his exhaust fumes before snapping a drive past Frederik Andersen at 12:09 of the third period that seemed […]
Read MoreFirst it was Kevin Shattenkirk, and this time it was Mika Zibanejad. As the Rangers pushed to try to overcome a one-goal deficit, coach Alain Vigneault decided to bench Zibanejad, his presumptive top-line center, for all but one shift in the third period and all of the final 18:09 of regulation in what would be […]
Read MoreYou’ve heard from two headliners of the prospective marquee free-agent class of 2019, and you’ve heard that Erik Karlsson and Drew Doughty intend to reap rewards commensurate with their considerable worth. But you haven’t heard that kind of declaration from the star-spangled member of the class, which projects to also include Oliver Ekman-Larsson. And you […]
Read MoreDevils veteran Brian Boyle — who was diagnosed with a form of leukemia in September and was back on the ice a month later — is enjoying a career year. Before the holidays, he sat down with The Post’s Steve Serby. Q: You called your wife, Lauren, after the original tests in September revealed that […]
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