Author: DposNews

The Broadway Hat hung in the locker, its unassuming tenant nowhere to be found. Monday night at the Garden was the second time in the past week the reward bestowed upon the Rangers’ player of the game, as chosen by the team, went to Marc Staal. But the veteran defenseman didn’t feel compelled to talk […]

Vladislav Namestnikov landed in concussion protocol following his collision with Ottawa’s Thomas Chabot in the closing seconds of the Rangers’ 4-2 win Monday at the Garden. Namestnikov did not practice Wednesday and didn’t accompany the Blueshirts for a two-game trip to Canada, with games Thursday in Ottawa and two nights later against Montreal. Mats Zuccarello, […]

Three times this season, the scrambling Rangers have surrendered a goal after their opponent pulled its goalie for an extra attacker. They actually ended up winning all three of those contests, including a 4-2 victory over the Senators on Monday, but that apparently was enough of a red flag for first-year coach David Quinn to […]

OTTAWA, Ontario — In a moment of candidness, Mats Zuccarello said what most others are thinking: It’s likely he will be traded by the Rangers. The winger recently went on a hockey podcast with Roy Kvatningen, a respected journalist from his native Norway, and spoke about what it’s like to be in the final year […]

OTTAWA, Ontario — This is a disconcerting trend, and the Rangers know it. The Blueshirts put up another stinker on the road, losing to the Senators, 3-0, at Canadian Tire Center on Thursday night. This follows up their previous road game, a 4-0 thumping in Philadelphia on the day after Thanksgiving — and the Rangers […]

BOSTON — Ryan Donato scored the decisive shootout goal in his NHL return, Tuukka Rask made 28 saves and the Bruins outlasted the Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night. Donato, recalled Wednesday after a demotion to Providence of the AHL, tucked the winner past Islanders goalie Robin Lehner on the Bruins’ fourth attempt. “It was big. […]

Johnny Boychuk is the consummate teammate, even to his former teammates. The Islanders defenseman, upon seeing ex-Bruins teammate David Krejci’s tooth on the ice after it was knocked out during an open-ice hit, casually scooped up the loose chiclet and delivered it to the Boston bench. Boychuk and Krejci were teammates on the Bruins from […]

WASHINGTON — Tom Wilson got back on the score sheet and put himself back under the microscope that has become a part of his existence in the NHL. Wilson scored again before being ejected for a questionable hit and Nicklas Backstrom had a hat trick and four points in the Capitals’ 6-3 victory over the […]

MONTREAL — David Quinn and Kevin Shattenkirk have kissed and made up after the coach benched the veteran defenseman for the third period of Thursday night’s 3-0 whimper of a defeat at Ottawa. “We all have families and we all have disagreements,” Quinn said following Friday’s practice in preparation for Saturday’s match against the Canadiens. […]

On Friday afternoon, Islanders coach Barry Trotz was reveling in telling stories about old minor league hockey rinks, because that’s what you do when you’re killing time in the bowels of a minor league rink. And truth be told, that is what this “refurbished” Nassau Coliseum is as it prepared to host the Islanders’ return […]