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David Quinn may have, in fact, been “told differently.” A few hours after the coach said he planned to play trade chips Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Hayes and Adam McQuaid on Thursday night at the Garden “until I’m told differently,” the Rangers may have tipped their hand by calling up Lias Andersson from AHL Hartford. The […]

Emmanuel Mudiay has walked in Zion Williamson’s busted shoe. Four years ago, Mudiay was a prized teenage prospect, nursing an ankle injury in China. The young guard had been sidelined for three months. The NBA draft was less than three months away, and the guaranteed lottery pick had little to gain by returning for the […]

Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes may have gotten their Garden farewell after all — injury risk be damned. The two Rangers remained in the lineup Thursday night against the Wild at the Garden, as did defenseman Adam McQuaid, even with all three expected to be wearing different sweaters by Monday’s trade deadline. Coach David Quinn […]

The Rangers rolled the dice and put all of their trade chips on the ice Thursday night. Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes may have gotten their Garden farewell, in a 4-1 loss to the Wild, but a third Ranger likely to be wearing a different sweater by Monday’s deadline didn’t make it through the game. […]

Henrik Lundqvist was searching for the correct words with which to describe Mats Zuccarello, the teammate with whom the goaltender has been closest through his 14-year tenure on Broadway, when instead he told a story that explained it all. “To me, he’s a good friend but he also likes to be in your face,” Lundqvist […]

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid scored in overtime and added an assist as the Oilers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Islanders on Thursday. “We have been playing some good hockey, we just haven’t been finding a way to win the games,” McDavid said. “Tonight we stuck with it all […]

Cory Schneider made 30 saves in posting his first shutout since November 2017 and Devils beat the undermanned Senators 4-0 on Thursday night at Prudential Center in Newark in a game in which both teams gave indications they were getting ready to make trades before Monday’s deadline. “It’s never easy,” Schneider said of the trading […]

One of the NHL trade deadline’s biggest chips has been moved. The Ottawa Senators sent forward Matt Duchene, along with defenseman Julius Bergman, to the Blue Jackets on Friday  in exchange for forward prospects Vitali Abramov and Jonathan Davidsson and a first-round pick, lottery protected in 2019. Should Duchene, a rising free agent who was […]

How is this possible? That’s the question dancing throughout the NHL as the Islanders keep their stunning grip on top of the Metropolitan Division ahead of home games next week against the Flames, Maple Leafs and Capitals. Some are less stunned than others. Those on the team’s MSG Networks broadcast, from longtime analyst Butch Goring […]

When Lias Andersson was recalled from AHL Hartford on Thursday, it was assumed he was adding depth for a potential trade or to allow the Rangers to scratch one of their movable pieces. By the end of the night, it was just one more head-scratching decision. Andersson did not end up replacing Kevin Hayes or […]