Category: puck

The Rangers have done this half as many times as they have won the Stanley Cup, so the math is easy enough for a kindergartner. Twice have the Blueshirts gone wire to wire playing without a captain — this and 2005-06 the seasons. Henrik Lundqvist is the only player here for both of them. “This […]

Vitali Kravtsov’s Traktor Chelyabinsk club was swept out of the first round of the KHL playoffs by Avtomobilist on Monday, but it is unclear whether the Rangers will get an up-close and personal look at their 2018 first-rounder by bringing him to North America before the season ends. Kravtsov, who turned 19 two days before […]

DALLAS — Once the trade finally happened, Mats Zuccarello was looking forward to this day, when he would get to see his old teammates again and even play against them in what was sure to be an emotional matchup. A broken arm in his second period with the Stars derailed the showdown, but Tuesday’s 1-0 […]

For a long time, things were constantly breaking in the Islanders’ favor. No more. Not for a while now. The team is going through just about its toughest stretch of adversity, needing a shootout to beat the woebegone Senators, 5-4, on Tuesday night at a quiet Coliseum. It could have cost them at least some […]

It took a stark bit of candor from Barry Trotz to put the next chapter in the saga of Josh Ho-Sang into perspective. “To stay in the league — not only here, to stay in the league — is to be consistent in his game, and then produce,” the Islanders coach said of his mercurial […]

DALLAS — David Quinn had been encouraged by the way the Rangers had competed against playoff contenders of late. But they still don’t have any wins to show for it. The Rangers kept it close again Tuesday night but came up empty on four power plays and lost their fifth straight, falling to the Stars […]

The Devils dominated much of the game, but still can’t find the winning formula when it comes to the Blue Jackets. Cam Atkinson and Artemi Panarin scored in a shootout and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped both New Jersey attempts to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 2-1 win over the Devils on Tuesday night at […]

DALLAS — There is no known trophy that comes with the unwelcome distinction, but the Rangers are getting all too familiar with referees taking back calls by the time it’s too late. “Unfortunately, we lead the league in apologies,” coach David Quinn said Wednesday after practice at American Airlines Center, the scene of the crime. […]

Understandable that a personal record wasn’t the first thing Barry Trotz was thinking about. But after everything, the Islanders coach was appreciative of the 5-4 shootout victory over the Senators on Tuesday night at the Coliseum that gave him career win No. 800, just the fourth coach in history to reach the milestone. “That was […]

OTTAWA, Ontario — Barry Trotz didn’t want to go so far as to call his team complacent, but the Islanders coach sure wasn’t far off. What he issued was a clear-eyed, candid assessment of his squad, which has just been able to stave off collapse over the past two-plus weeks. “To me, when you’re really […]