Author: DposNews

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 […]

One year ago, two mornings after Christmas 2017, Chris Kreider woke up with a right arm that was numb. This developed after a couple of weeks in which the 26-year-old had felt fatigued and been coughing up blood. So on this one-year Dec. 27 anniversary, what was the first thing that Kreider did upon awakening? […]

It was a close video review that took the potentially game-winning goal off the board followed by a bum faceoff. But really, the Rangers know it was more than that. As much as they know they’re getting bad breaks, they know they’re not doing enough to earn the good ones. And if they’re not quite […]

BOSTON — Mackenzie Blackwood hardly looked like a rookie in net for New Jersey. Blackwood stopped 40 shots for his first NHL victory, Blake Coleman scored twice and the Devils beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Thursday night. Blackwood had plenty of help, even with leading scorer Taylor Hall out of the lineup, as the […]