NEW YORK - The New York Rangers winning streak came to an end Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks 5-3. The Canucks snapped their own 9 game losing streak as well as bouncing back after a lose last night to the New York...
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Rangers Keep Streaking, Beat Jets 5-2
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers extended their winning streak to five games in a row as they defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 Sunday night at Madison Square Garden. This was the fifth game in a row in which they have scored five goals and have done that in eight games...
Resiliency Propels Rangers Over Oilers
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers continued their hot start to the 2016-2017 season Thursday night as they defeated the surprisingly good Edmonton Oilers 5-3 at Madison Square Garden. It improved their home record to 7-1-0 and overall record to 8-3-0 on the season. In...
Rangers Continue to Surge, Bounce Blues 5-0
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers continue to roll as they improve to 7-3-0 with a convincing 5-0 victory of the St. Louis Blues to finish the season series between the two teams. Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 35 shots he faced to earn his 60th career NHL shutout in...
A Trick and A Treat Rolls Rangers Past Bolts
NEW YORK - On the eve of Halloween, the New York Rangers gave the fans both a trick (a hat trick by Micheal Grabner) and a treat (exploding for six goals) against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden. The Blueshirts handed Ben Bishop his second career loss...
Book Review: Ice Wars Scores A Hat Trick with Fans
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers and New York Islanders rivalry is among the most hated rivalries in all of sports. The fans buy into it just as much, if not more than the players who have been apart of the historic rivalry. If you are apart of the more recent...
Girardi’s Goal Lifts Rangers Past Yotes’
NEW YORK - Two games in two days and the New York Rangers came away with four points, taking the first of 16 back-to-back sets of the season by defeating the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 at Madison Square Garden. In their last 83 back-to-back sets (dating back to the start of...
Comeback Lifts Rangers over Caps
WASHINGTON - What was looking like a total disaster for the New York Rangers, it turned quickly into a resilient comeback and a 4-2 win over the Washington Capitals. New York has now won nine of its last 12 road games against Washington (9-3-0), including six of its...
Rangers Dominate, Fall to Red Wings 2-1
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers were the dominating team in the original six match-up against the Detroit Red Wings. Jimmy Howard, goaltender for the Red Wings stole the show however. The Rangers threw 33 shots at Howard but old ways came back to bite the Rangers. The...
In 90th Opener, Rangers Defeat Isles 5-3
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers kicked off their 90th season in grand fashion by defeating the New York Islanders 5-3. The Rangers have now posted an 8-3-1 record in their last 12 season-opening games, dating back to the 2005-06 season. They also extend their opening...
Here They Are, The New York Rangers
NEW YORK - The preseason has concluded and the New York Rangers have a good idea of who will be on the team come opening night on Thursday versus the New York Islanders. As of right now the Broadway Blueshirts will have 14 forwards and 8 defensemen. This has been a...
“Retooled” Rangers Look for A Bounce Back Season
NEW YORK - Its time to wake up from that long summer's nap because the NHL season is fast approaching. In fact, training camps are open and the season begins October 12th. For the New York Rangers, its been a summer of "retooling" and a long one. The Broadway...
Rangers Ink Vesey; Happy To Be in NY
NEW YORK – The New York Rangers have been decently busy this off-season to “overhaul” the group that saw themselves knocked out in the first round of the playoffs this past season by the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Rangers on this day got more exciting news as they were...
Rangers Playing Off-Season Conservatively… For Now
NEW YORK - Going into the off-season after a disappointing first round exit, the New York Rangers were talking big about the face of the team being changed. General manager Jeff Gorton had talked about taking calls on every player with the exception of a handful....
Rangers Fall Apart in 3rd Period; Pens takes 2-1 series lead
NEW YORK - Words that have been uttered more often than none is "former Ranger". That is exactly what happened at the 4:16 mark of period three when former Ranger Matt Cullen put the Pittsburgh Penguins up 2-1 in the game and propelled them to a two games to one...
Rangers Win Finale;Top Red Wings 3-2
NEW YORK - If you were one of the New York Rangers fans that wanted them to lose, well sorry to disappoint. In game number 82, the Rangers secured the victory over the Detroit Red Wings 3-2. The Rangers have leaped back into the third spot of the Metropolitan Division...
RANGERS FALL TO ISLES 4-1; SWEPT IN SEASON SERIES
NEW YORK – If you were a New York Rangers fan rooting for them to lose, well then you win. The New York Islanders defeated the Rangers 4-1 and swept the season series by winning all four games; a first time it has ever happened in this historic rivalry. The Rangers...
RANGERS FAIL TO CLINCH AGAIN; LOSE 4-3 TO BUFFALO
NEW YORK – “Failure is not an option.” Remember that quote from head coach Alain Vignaeult at the beginning of the season after watching the movie Apollo 13? It seems as if failure has been an option the last two games as the New York Rangers fell to the Buffalo...
Late Overtime Goal Lifts Pens Past Rangers 3-2
NEW YORK – The New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins gave a taste of the playoffs and it took extra time to figure it out. Sidney Crosby ended it at the 4:30 of the overtime period and the Penguins defeated the Rangers 3-2 in what could be a potential playoff...
RANGERS POWER PAST BRUINS 5-2
NEW YORK – Two power play goals were enough to push the New York Rangers past the Boston Bruins 5-2 to give the Blueshirts a four-point lead in the race for second place in the Metropolitan division. Mats Zuccarello picked up his 24th goal of the season and got...
Bad Bounce Puts Penguins Past Rangers
NEW YORK - Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cullen netted the game winner at 11:09 of the third period on a fluke play as the Penguins downed the Rangers 5-3 at Madison Square Garden Sunday afternoon. As he was falling to the ice, he threw the puck in front and banked...
Rangers Have an Identity Crisis
NEW YORK – The New York Rangers have an identity crisis and unless they can regain their identity, they will become more and more vulnerable heading down the stretch to the playoffs. I’m not here bashing the Rangers by any means, but if you thought Tuesday night's win...
Rangers Fall to Isles in Wild One at the Garden
NEW YORK – There is always hype anytime the New York Rangers play the New York Islanders. Sunday afternoon lived up to the advanced build up as the Islanders beat the Rangers 6-4 at Madison Square Garden. Few experts would have predicted that the two rivals would...
STEPAN’S SHORTHANDED GOAL HELPS RANGERS “LEAP” OVER BLUE JACKETS
NEW YORK – The New York Rangers won their third straight game as Derek Stepan snapped a 1-1 tie at the 17:12 mark of period three to lead the Rangers past the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1. In a whirlwind 24 hours, the Rangers were able to complete a trade that brought...
Rangers Acquire Staal From ‘Canes
NEW YORK – Jeff Gorton made his first big splash as New York Rangers general manager and acquired forward Eric Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes. For the second straight year the Rangers made their major move 24 hours before the deadline. Staal, 31, had to waive his...
Questions Loom for Rangers as Deadline Approaches
NEW YORK - Tis' the season to be traded unless you are the New York Rangers in which case there is little room to do much. There are questions indeed for the Rangers despite their 7-2-1 record in the last 10 games. Keith Yandle is apparently staying, that according to...
Klein Lifts Rangers in OT over Red Wings
NEW YORK – It took sixty-plus minutes to get it done and Kevin Klein did got it done at 1:59 of the overtime period to lift the New York Rangers to a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. A third straight original six match-up for the Rangers was a tightly played...
Rangers Streak Ends as they Fall in OT to Kings
NEW YORK – The New York Rangers showed grit and character against the Los Angeles Kings Friday night at Madison Square Garden but lost in overtime 5-4 on Tanner Pearson’s goal at 3:10. The Rangers have had a common theme lately and that is their ability to come...
Klein Out Indefinitely
NEW YORK - If losing to the Devils on Tuesday night, the first game back after the all-star break wasn’t enough for the New York Rangers, well the news came down today that Kevin Klein is out indefinitely with a fractured thumb. The Rangers defense has been less than...
Third Period Comeback Sends Rangers Over Bruins
NEW YORK – After a sluggish first 40 minutes, the Rangers turned it on in the third period, stealing what seemed to be an unlikely 2-1 victory over the Bruins. The opening goal came a little more than half way through, 9:04 of the 2nd period to be exact, when Chris...