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The Islanders all felt their play Saturday afternoon, in the second game of a home-and-home against the Rangers, was better than their effort Thursday in the first contest. But missed opportunities — especially on the power play — were detrimental as the Islanders lost 2-1 at Barclays Center after a win Thursday at the Garden. […]

Rangers coach David Quinn confirmed what everyone in the building saw, that it “doesn’t look good” for defenseman Freddy Claesson after he was driven awkwardly into the boards during the 2-1 win over the Islanders on Saturday afternoon at Barclays Center. Early in the third period, Islanders forward Matt Martin finished a hit on Claesson […]

The Islanders’ 2017-18 season was polluted with defensive struggles, but they have made an impressive turnaround. The call-up of rookie defenseman Devon Toews in December, seemed to put a bow on their league-leading defense. That is especially important because of the loss of Thomas Hickey, who currently is without a definitive timeline for a return […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Rangers can’t have anything nice, like leads or momentum. Because whenever they get one of those things recently, they find a way to kill it. With another disjointed effort in what has been almost two months of them, they dropped a 7-5 decision to the Blue Jackets here on Sunday night. […]

The NHL’s best and hottest team visited Barclays Center on Sunday night and got punched, punched and punched again. Less than five minutes into the first period, the Islanders were leading the Lightning by three goals and held their own the rest of the way behind goalie Thomas Greiss in a game they believed would […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — There have been a lot of dark times for Rick Nash over the previous few months, but it was all smiles for one night. Nash, the former Rangers all-star winger, announced his retirement Friday due to lingering complications from a career full of concussions. But he was out on the ice at […]

Click:OU192148 COLUMBUS, Ohio — OK, so John Tortorella was behind the other bench, and Rick Nash was in the building, and the stage for a Rangers coach going apoplectic was set. But really, this wasn’t about the past. This was about David Quinn, and about the current iteration of the Rangers. This was about the […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Maybe faceoffs don’t matter that much in the grand scheme of a game. But when it’s this lopsided, it’s hard to miss. During the Rangers’ desultory 7-5 loss to the Blue Jackets on Sunday night, they won just 31 percent of the draws, winning 21 and losing 47. “I’ve never been part […]

Four years after being dubbed the best fourth line in hockey, the Islanders’ unit is at it again. Matt Martin, Casey Cizikas and Cal Clutterbuck turned in another strong night in the Islanders’ 5-1 win over the Lightning on Sunday at Barclays Center, showing off some offensive power by combining for two goals and four […]

There is certainly going to be some fallout from this radioactive explosion on the part of Rangers coach David Quinn coming Sunday night in Columbus. It was a defining moment of Quinn’s early tenure behind the Blueshirts bench, just over the halfway mark of Year 1. During his scathing diatribe following the 7-5 loss to […]