ST. PAUL, Minn. — It wasn’t exactly a criticism when Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said last week that his team had gone up and down in concert with the performance of his goaltenders, which almost always meant Henrik Lundqvist. It was not so much a shot at Lundqvist’s roller-coaster season, which has had stretches that […]
Read MoreYes, You Will See Chris on the ice with the Rangers again this year, and in fact very likely as soon as Wednesday afternoon’s practice, No. 20 told The Post on Tuesday. “That’s sure what I’m hoping for,” Chris Kreider, who has been sidelined since the Dec. 27 discovery of a blood clot that was […]
Read MoreST. PAUL, Minn. — The crowd at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville is never quiet. But when Jimmy Vesey got hit in the head with a backwards shoulder-elbow combination from Predators forward Filip Forsberg on Feb. 3, he felt the noise of those 17,113 dimming — and the Rangers young forward knew something was wrong. “I […]
Read MoreThis is a week that could make or break the Islanders’ season, with three straight games against division opponents who, like them, are stuck in the pack chasing a playoff spot. They opened with a dud. The Blue Jackets scored four unanswered goals to race past the Islanders, on the ice and in the standings, […]
Read MoreST. PAUL, Minn. — In the many ways this could be interpreted inside and outside the Rangers dressing room, the fact is their bad hit a low far deeper than the height of their good. And despite the fact that the good lasted a lot longer, that is almost always an equation for a result […]
Read MoreA fairy tale once came true and it happened to “U-S-A, U-S-A,” but this isn’t 1980 and PyeongChang isn’t Lake Placid. So, pockets full of miracles a thing of hockey history, sit back and enjoy the lads with intriguing backstories who will represent the Red, White and Blue in this quite less than best-on-best Olympic […]
Read MoreWhen he left the AHL to join the Islanders last month, Ross Johnston had the dubious distinction of leading the league in penalty minutes. The hulking winger has left that tag behind in Bridgeport. Johnston has not shied away from his physical play, but he has done it in a smarter fashion in his first […]
Read MoreST. PAUL, Minn. — Another day, another young defenseman making his Rangers debut. Ryan Sproul played his first game for the Blueshirts in a 3-2 loss to the Wild on Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center. Sproul had been called up Monday from AHL Hartford after veteran Steven Kampfer broke his hand in a 3-1 […]
Read MoreChris Kreider felt different Wednesday when he finally rejoined his Rangers teammates on the ice, practicing for the first time since undergoing surgery in early January that removed a part of his rib to treat a blood clot. “Probably faster,” he said with a grin. “That rib was really weighing me down.” The winger had […]
Read MoreThe Rangers don’t have to scour their memories too much to remember what happened the last time they played the Islanders. “They’re a big rival of ours and they smacked us 7-2,” center Kevin Hayes said. It was Jan. 13, just after both teams had rested up during a bye week, and the Rangers didn’t […]
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