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Ryan Lindgren, the 20-year-old University of Minnesota sophomore defenseman whose rights the Rangers obtained from Boston as part of the Rick Nash deal, is weighing his options in the wake of the Gophers’ failure to reach the NCAA tournament, The Post has learned. Lindgren, the 49th-overall selection in the 2016 entry draft who is renowned […]

About a month before the due date, Erik Karlsson and his wife, Melinda, have lost their unborn son. The Senators announced that Karlsson, their captain, was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday night’s game against the Panthers while he and his family mourn their son’s death. The child would have been Karlsson’s first with Melinda, […]

Here’s the quick glimpse into the mentality of Mathew Barzal: After the Islanders’ sensational rookie scored his 20th goal of the season in a surprising 4-1 win over the Penguins at Barclays Center on Tuesday night, the leading candidate for the Calder Trophy was asked where his confidence level is as opposed to the start […]

It is almost impossible to comprehend. Henrik Lundqvist, whose 430 victories are the most in Rangers history and the eighth-most all-time, has won four games since Jan. 20, going 3-13-2 with a no-decision in 19 starts and one win in relief. “It hurts a lot,” Lundqvist told The Post following Tuesday’s 5-3 empty-net abetted defeat […]

In certain situations, it’s hard to differentiate between the feelings of guilt and loyalty. But John Tavares cannot let guilt influence him one bit while making the biggest decision of his professional life in the next few months. Just because the Islanders have bent over backwards to try to accommodate their captain and keep him […]

Regarding the Rangers, into Philadelphia on Thursday with a 5-3-2 post-deadline record that includes one victory (over the Penguins) against a playoff-position team. 1. A lean and mean machine, that’s the new and improved Chris Kreider, who is at least a step faster after having dropped about 15 pounds in the aftermath of his rib […]

For those not fully immersed in the Bruins sensation that is forward Ryan Donato, allow one of his teammates to elaborate. “Most guys skip class to play sports, he skips sports to take classes,” one player joked to the Boston Herald on Wednesday, following the Bruins’ 2-1 overtime loss to the Blues on Wednesday, in […]

PHILADELPHIA — This is the Mika Zibanejad the Rangers envisioned upon acquiring him (and a second-rounder) from Ottawa in exchange for Derick Brassard during the summer of 2016 and then when signing No. 93 to a five-year contract worth $26.75 million last July. This is the No. 93 who is assertive and dynamic in playing […]

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Lindgren, the promising 20-year-old defenseman whose rights the Rangers obtained from Boston as part of the Rick Nash deal, is expected to make his pro debut with the AHL Wolf Pack on Saturday. Lindgren, who opted to leave the University of Minnesota following his sophomore season, will play under an ATO (amateur […]

The return of Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller to New York was delayed, and shortened, by Wednesday’s Nor’easter, but when they finally landed in Newark on Thursday afternoon and drove through Manhattan to get to Brooklyn, it all started to sink in for the ex-Rangers. “Coming out of the Holland Tunnel and being two blocks […]