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CHICAGO — Valtteri Filppula and Mat Barzal scored in regulation, but it wasn’t enough for the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders, who lost for just the third time in 15 games. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane scored in the shootout to send the Blackhawks to a 3-2 win over the Islanders on Tuesday night, ending the visitors’ […]

At least they let him beat the traffic. During the second intermission of their game against the Red Wings on Tuesday night, the Oilers met with president of hockey operations and general manager Peter Chiarelli and told him he was fired. The team he built went on to lose 3-2, falling to 23-24-3 heading into […]

Regarding the Rangers, who reconvene for practice on Sunday: 1. It is unclear when Neal Pionk, sidelined for four of the past five games heading into the All-Star break with a lower-body issue, will be cleared to return. But when he is, coach David Quinn will face one of the trickiest lineup decisions of his […]

There is no man behind the curtain. Nothing inauthentic about David Quinn, who is very much the same coach with the same personality directing the Rangers through the traditional halfway mark of his first NHL season as he was behind the Boston University bench the previous five years. Quinn spoke at length with The Post […]

Puck and player tracking is coming to the NHL next season. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the long-expected news Friday during All-Star Weekend in San Jose, Calif. The league is partnering with German company Jogmo World Corp. to put microchips on player jerseys and inside game pucks. Real-time data will be gathered by antennas in all […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — This past March, as the Islanders were nearing the end of another disappointing season that eventually brought an organizational overhaul, it became clear Mathew Barzal was their shining beacon of hope. He was pretty much a shoo-in for the Calder Trophy at that point, but even before he went on to […]

A man in Henrik Lundqvist’s position can’t afford to look ridiculous, and the Rangers goalie made sure he didn’t at the NHL All-Star Weekend. Making his fifth All-Star Game appearance in San Jose, Lundqvist, known as much for his satorial chops as his big-time stops, wore a custom suit adorned with quotes from one of […]

The NHL’s Winter Classic, a New Year’s tradition for the league, will have a southern flair to it in 2020. The next iteration of the outdoor game will take place at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, for a matchup between the hometown Stars and the Nashville Predators. While the site is no surprise – it […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Gary Bettman has found his new favorite refrain, so prepare to hear it over and over again in the coming months as the commissioner and his owners try to iron out a new collective bargaining agreement with the Players’ Association. “The discussions have been cordial and constructive, even though they’re preliminary. […]

The estimable Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet’s 31 Thoughts column referred this week to an unidentified blockbuster trade then-but-not-now Edmonton general manager Peter Chiarelli had been working on, but did not complete, at the 2016 entry draft. The blockbuster, Slap Shots has confirmed with multiple sources, would have been with the Rangers and it would have […]