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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Islanders were a step slow and gave up an early goal — not the best way to start the second game of a back-to-back. Once the Islanders scored, they started buzzing and rolled to their second win in two nights. Robin Lehner stopped 35 shots, Anthony Beauvillier scored his fourth goal […]

This has been a half-measure season for the Rangers, who did not wipe out the roster and have not been either consistently bad enough or gotten enough questionable goaltending to be in a prime pre-lottery location. There is, however, plenty of time for them to descend to that destination, even in light of Tuesday’s conscientious […]

Sometimes it is impossible to be polite about NHL officiating. The Rangers’ 3-1 win over the Ducks on Tuesday night at the Garden was one of those nights as coach David Quinn might have held his tongue just enough not to get fined. In another regrettable performance from referees Frederick L’Ecuyer and Jean Hebert, the […]

Not too long ago, there wasn’t a huge gap between Vlad Namestnikov and Ryan Spooner. Boy, how things changed in just two months. Both Rangers players were add-ons to deals at last season’s trade deadline, and both were signed by the Blueshirts this summer as restricted free agents to matching two-year, $8 million deals. Yet […]

This first full season in the NHL has been a roller-coaster ride for Filip Chytil, but the Rangers’ 20-year-old forward has earned his current spot as a first-line winger. Chytil’s game has changed quite a bit since the beginning of this campaign, with first-year head coach David Quinn trying to coax as much as he […]

There is no confusing what David Quinn wants and expects from his team. He wants consistent, hard-edged, straight line, fast hockey that necessarily must be accompanied by the same chip on the shoulder that the coach carries, and pulls off, with ease. It may be somewhat less clear why the Blueshirts, who meet the talent-rich […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the third period, the game between the New Jersey Devils and the Columbus Blue Jackets came down to goaltenders — one making his first NHL start and the other a Vezina Trophy-winning veteran. It was fun to watch. Both performed admirably, even spectacularly, in a scoreless final period, enabling the Blue […]

Cause-and-effect is a debatable proposition as it applies to the Rangers’ 3-5-3 record in the 11 games since Cody McLeod went down with a broken hand he sustained in a Thanksgiving Eve fight with the Islanders’ Ross Johnston. But there is no doubt that the fourth-line enforcer will rejoin the lineup the moment he is […]

A word of warning: Don’t watch the video if you’re squeamish. Or you just ate. Or you don’t like the sight of blood. If any of these is true, this brutal hockey injury won’t be to your liking. Late in the third period of the Blackhawks’ win over the Stars on Thursday, Chicago’s Connor Murphy […]

In a league that is defined by parity — now defined as a few elite teams then everyone else — only a small number of clubs can be considered really out of the playoff picture. Unfortunately for those on the other side of the Hudson, that includes the Devils. It has been a brutal season […]