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PHILADELPHIA — This is the Mika Zibanejad the Rangers envisioned upon acquiring him (and a second-rounder) from Ottawa in exchange for Derick Brassard during the summer of 2016 and then when signing No. 93 to a five-year contract worth $26.75 million last July. This is the No. 93 who is assertive and dynamic in playing […]

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Lindgren, the promising 20-year-old defenseman whose rights the Rangers obtained from Boston as part of the Rick Nash deal, is expected to make his pro debut with the AHL Wolf Pack on Saturday. Lindgren, who opted to leave the University of Minnesota following his sophomore season, will play under an ATO (amateur […]

The return of Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller to New York was delayed, and shortened, by Wednesday’s Nor’easter, but when they finally landed in Newark on Thursday afternoon and drove through Manhattan to get to Brooklyn, it all started to sink in for the ex-Rangers. “Coming out of the Holland Tunnel and being two blocks […]

What is the Hart Trophy? The simplest explanation is the MVP award in the NHL, described, as most MVP awards are, as going to the “player judged most valuable to his team.” Well, we know that’s not true. For at least the past 20 years in this league, the goaltender has been the most important […]

Alain Vigneault let out quite a hardy chuckle when asked if considered shutting down Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist for the eight remaining games of the regular season. “You go tell that to Hank,” the coach said with a laugh, as the famously competitive Lundqvist had suffered from some head/neck/back pain after a collision during the […]

This is not the same for the Rangers and Kevin Shattenkirk as it was at the beginning of the season. The expectations for an eighth straight playoff berth have now all but vanished, and Shattenkirk’s first year on Broadway already has been defined by injury and disappointment. So the talented righty defenseman is not rushing […]

Goaltender interference controversies will not diminish by substituting one subjective opinion from an officiating supervisor based in Toronto for another subjective opinion from a referee on the ice, but the peril of incurring brain trauma will persist as long as both the NHL and NHLPA mutually tolerate blows to the head — such as the […]

If this is the first-round playoff matchup the Devils draw, they will have some fond memories to lean on. The Devils beat the league-leading Lightning, 2-1, on Saturday night at Prudential Center, sweeping the three-game season series against Tampa Bay. Going into the game, the Devils have a three-point edge over the Panthers (who beat […]

The end is almost near for the Islanders. Anton Forsberg stopped 28 shots to help the Blackhawks snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Islanders on Saturday night at Barclays Center. Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad scored in the second period, and Brent Seabrook added an empty-netter for the Blackhawks. John […]

It was a good night for the Yoots of Broadway. Neal Pionk scored his first NHL goal and Alex Georgiev came within 4:34 of his first shutout in a 43-save, 5-1 Garden rout of the Sabres on Saturday night. “I didn’t believe it at first,” said the smooth and poised Pionk, who converted Jimmy Vesey’s […]