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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 […]

Go to enough hockey games and you’re bound to see something brand new. Such as Marc Staal on the ice in a three-on-three overtime, as the alternate captain was for a 45-second shift in Sunday’s 3-2 shootout defeat to the Flyers at the Garden. “Never before,” Staal said, pleased to confirm he hadn’t jumped on […]

Has Allen Crabbe been Wally Pipped? Nets coach Kenny Atkinson expects Crabbe back after Christmas; he just wouldn’t promise the injured wing would be back in the starting lineup. Rodions Kurucs has been a revelation in his absence, with 16 points and 10 rebounds in Sunday’s 111-103 win over the Suns for his first career […]

The celebration let out all of the frustration that had been building up inside Boo Nieves. After coming back from a preseason concussion to return to the NHL this month for the first time since last January, the Rangers’ center scored his first goal of the year Sunday at the Garden but was left calling […]

It’s understandable the Rangers — along with many other teams around the NHL — went into this Christmas break playing rather uninspired hockey. The season can be a grind, and although the Rangers schedule has been about as accommodating as any in the league, it is still difficult to stay mentally sharp. On the surface, […]

The stats come pouring out of Russia and it’s easy to wonder if there is a typo. Then it’s easy to wonder about the competition and the league, and how that is affecting the numbers. And after all that, it’s easy to project and wonder if this young enigma playing in the KHL is the […]

If what happened to the Rangers between Thanksgiving and Christmas was an expected dousing of cold water on tenuously held hopes of a surprising playoff run, it hardly gets any warmer on this side of the break. The Blueshirts made things interesting for a while, with a 9-1-1 run that led into Thanksgiving showing there […]

In a few days, it will be Lias Andersson’s first trip to St. Louis. Talking about food in the city, the Rangers’ 20-year-old forward was enticed, but he knew who eventually would choose the restaurant. “Mika will know where to go,” Andersson said, referring to his elder Swedish brethren, Mika Zibanejad. “He always knows where […]