NEW YORK – Tuesday night’s 4-2 Kings’ win over the Rangers was Exhibit A why the rest of the league is hoping and praying the defending Stanley Cup champions will miss the playoffs when the regular season ends in 18 days. It’s a sign of respect towards the Kings...
NEW YORK – Sunday night between the Rangers and Ducks was a measuring-stick game. It went far better for the Rangers than it did the Ducks. Anaheim (46-21-7) came into action tied for the league lead with 99 points. The Rangers (46-18-7) came in just two points...
NEW YORK – The nicest thing you can say about the Rangers’ 2-1 win Sunday night against the Panthers was they found a way. They always do. It wasn’t as pretty as many of their recent performances, but it was a win. Two more points to add to their impressive ledger....
NEW YORK – A bouncy-house at your four-year-old’s birthday party is hardly the place to find out you’re about to move halfway across the country. That’s the situation new Rangers defenseman Keith Yandle found himself in Sunday afternoon, when Coyotes general manager...
NEW YORK – Thirty-five years ago, television broadcaster Al Michaels asked a question that’s become synonymous with hockey in America. The question had a major impact on the five rings of the 1980 Winter Olympics in upstate New York. The answer has left an indelible...
NEW YORK – With all the talk about what the Rangers need to do at next Monday’s trade deadline to improve for a run to the Stanley Cup, an important fact seems to have been misplaced. This team, this seemingly-flawed group that apparently isn’t as good as last year’s...
NEW YORK – Henrik Lundqvist walked into the packed press conference room at Madison Square Garden in an immaculate three-piece suit sans jacket, with his hair perfectly coiffed. Had you not known his situation, you’d have never guessed the ailment he’s battling....
NEW YORK – The Rangers went from fearful to fearsome, all in the span of about 25 minutes. Early in the second period, Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh accidentally lifted goaltender Henrik Lundqvist’s mask partially off his face, exposing the goaltender’s neck to Brad...
NEW YORK – As the media was allowed into the Rangers dressing room minutes after their 1-0 loss to Montreal on Thursday night, goaltender Henrik Lundqvist sat solemnly at his locker, a look of bewilderment and frustration etched all over his face. He had matched...
NEW YORK – They won’t be sending this Rangers performance to the Hockey Hall of Fame any time soon. The Metropolitan Museum of Art won’t be accepting it, either. The two points the Rangers earned in their final game before the All-Star break, though, won’t be getting...
NEW YORK – All good things must, eventually, come to an end. For the Rangers, that good thing was a record-long streak of success, the likes of which they hadn’t seen in over 40 years. They had their run of 13 wins in 14 games snapped by the division-leading Islanders...
NEW YORK – Saturday night’s game wasn’t handed to the Rangers on a silver platter. No, it was handed to them on a blue and gold platter, hand-delivered by an undisciplined and unfocused Sabres team that allowed four goals in a span of 3:48 during the first period,...
NEW YORK – It shouldn’t come as a surprise the Rangers’ eight-game winning streak – their longest in 40 years – has come after the team finally got healthy. Since captain Ryan McDonagh returned to the lineup from a separated shoulder on Nov. 28, the team is 10-2-0,...
NEW YORK – After two periods of frustration and consternation, the Capitals finally got some leverage in the third period of Tuesday’s game against the Rangers. Well, they almost got leverage. Henrik Lundqvist was there to stymie the furious Capitals comeback attempt,...
NEW YORK – After scoring his first-career National Hockey League goal during the Rangers’ 5-2 win over the Flyers Saturday afternoon, Jesper Fast stood by his locker and spoke quietly to reporters, who were wondering what his goal felt like. Rangers coach Alain...
NEW YORK – Many of the same cast of characters that sent the Rangers to the Stanley Cup Final last spring sent them to this season’s quarter pole in convincing fashion. Martin St. Louis, who scored the overtime winner in Game 4 of the conference final against Montreal...
NEW YORK – The release of the NHL schedule over the summer was met by an unusual amount of anticipation by Lightning forward Ryan Callahan. The former Rangers captain quickly flipped through his team’s slate, taking a peek to see when his return to New York would come...
NEW YORK – Even on a night of missed opportunities, the Rangers got another jolt of good news. It came in the form of No. 22 stepping onto the ice at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers’ big free agent splash Dan Boyle returning from the broken right hand he injured on...
NEW YORK – The question wasn’t who are these guys, it was who were those guys on Sunday? The Rangers’ effort two nights ago, against one of the league’s most inept defensive teams, was woeful. They were a step behind from the opening faceoff to the final buzzer. They...
NEW YORK – As defenseman Dylan McIlrath skated back to the bench in the final second of the first period after serving a five-minute penalty for fighting, the entire Rangers bench stood and banged their sticks against the boards as a sign of respect. Moments later,...
NEW YORK – Frustration was mounting for the New York Rangers on Monday night, and it was manifesting itself in a variety of ways. There was the reckless – Chris Kreider’s shove of Jonas Brodin into the boards in the final minute of the first period earned him a game...
NEW YORK – In their sixth game of the season, the Rangers delivered an unusual amount of firsts. The first goals of the season for Carl Hagelin, Martin St. Louis, and Kevin Hayes, who got the first of his NHL career. The first time in franchise history the team scored...
NEW YORK – It’s not that things were getting stagnant, it’s that there were a few guys not pulling their weight. Sometimes, change is needed. So in the second period, with the Rangers floundering in both zones, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault switched things up. Chris...
NEW YORK – First the Rangers lost the lead. Then they lost their confidence. Then they lost the game. A third-period meltdown did them in; just two nights after the Maple Leafs scored five goals in a span of less than ten minutes in the second period, the Islanders...
NEW YORK – They streamed into the building, 18,006 of them, with more than the normal amount of anticipation for the home opener. After last year’s run to the Stanley Cup Final, it isn’t just hope that permeates the walls of Madison Square Garden this year, it is...
NEW YORK – Better not ask the LA Kings players for tickets to tonight’s Game 4. Doesn’t matter the relationship you might have with them. They’re not budging. And forget about having breakfast or lunch. Eat on your own, mom. Hang out by yourself, wife. Tour New York...
May 30, 2014 NEW YORK – Multiple Rangers had reason to look towards the heavens as the final seconds of the Eastern Conference final ticked away. Their loved ones were looking straight back down, straight at them. Their gaze penetrating the vibrating roof of deafening...
April 10, 2014 NEW YORK – Thursday night’s match wasn’t about today for the New York Rangers. It was about tomorrow. It wasn’t pretty. But tomorrow, no one will care about pretty. Thursday’s game wasn’t about pretty or ugly. Short or tall. It was about moving forward....
March 5, 2014 NEW YORK – The news was met with silence and disbelief. The Rangers locker room had been open to the media for about 20 minutes after the conclusion of the team’s morning skate, and most players had already spoken about their desire to see the team’s...
January 16, 2014 NEW YORK – Mats Zuccarello called it a lucky goal. His teammates called it a skill goal. Ranger fans were just happy it was a goal. In a game that saw just one puck cross the goal line, the Rangers (25-21-3) rode Zuccarello’s third-period tally to a...
