Author: DposNews

With the New Jersey Devils sinking fast in the Eastern Conference, their top line of Taylor Hall, Kyle Palmieri and Nico Hischier came to the rescue as one would expect. The Devils got the unexpected, too, in beating the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Friday night. They got a bizarre, play-of-year type goal that featured New […]

His sweater has changed, but his scoring talent has not. The Rangers will see a familiar No. 91 Saturday night when they face John Tavares and the Maple Leafs for the first time this season. The former Islanders captain is no stranger to the Blueshirts, having gutted them for 14 goals and 24 assists in […]

Brett Howden may have a more permanent place to live now than he did during his hot streak to start the season, but he still doesn’t want to feel too comfortable. The Rangers’ 20-year-old center has cooled off since his four goals and eight assists over the first 20 games of the season made for […]

TORONTO — Everyone remembers Raymond Bourque with Colorado in 2001 and Lanny McDonald with the Flames in 1989, but there haven’t been all that many marquee, late-in-life, first-time Cup winners. Certainly there haven’t been many narrative-changers. But Alex Ovechkin’s 2018 championship, following years of coming up short in the tournament — and for at least […]

TORONTO — The sample size used to evaluate the Brady Skjei-Adam McQuaid pairing is rather small. Indeed, the defensemen had hooked up as partners for only eight games and 102:40 of five-on-five play (as recorded by Naturalstattrick.com) prior to the Rangers’ match Saturday night against the powerful Maple Leafs. But it seems relatively clear to […]

TORONTO — If coming close and doing a fair number of good things for a fair amount is good enough for you and the Rangers, then this was a fairly decent night against the loaded Maple Leafs. The Blueshirts turned in a committed effort and were able to muddy the track and negate the opposition’s […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sabres broadcaster Rick Jeanneret was taken out of the press box on a stretcher during the third period of Buffalo’s game against the Anaheim Ducks. The team did not provide an update on Jeanneret’s condition following its 3-0 victory Saturday night. The 76-year-old Jeanneret has done play-by-play for Sabres radio and television […]

TORONTO — The looming three-day holiday recess in which NHL teams are forbidden from skating was a key consideration when David Quinn decided to split the weekend back-to-back goaltending by tabbing Alex Georgiev for Saturday’s 5-3 loss against the powerful Maple Leafs while holding back Henrik Lundqvist for Sunday’s Garden match against the Flyers. With […]

David Quinn hoped his team would have a “nauseating feeling” Sunday playing the Flyers, given the way the Rangers had played against them last month while getting thoroughly dominated in defeat. After 65-plus minutes of hockey, they might be nauseated, just for a different reason. The Rangers got a point this time, but they were […]

DALLAS — Anders Lee scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 10:10 to play, and the Islanders beat the Stars 3-1 on Sunday night. The Islanders’ first two goals went in off Dallas goalie Anton Khudobin. On the winner, Nick Leddy’s shot from the top of the slot hit the left post and went off Khudobin’s […]