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Goaltender interference controversies will not diminish by substituting one subjective opinion from an officiating supervisor based in Toronto for another subjective opinion from a referee on the ice, but the peril of incurring brain trauma will persist as long as both the NHL and NHLPA mutually tolerate blows to the head — such as the […]

If this is the first-round playoff matchup the Devils draw, they will have some fond memories to lean on. The Devils beat the league-leading Lightning, 2-1, on Saturday night at Prudential Center, sweeping the three-game season series against Tampa Bay. Going into the game, the Devils have a three-point edge over the Panthers (who beat […]

The end is almost near for the Islanders. Anton Forsberg stopped 28 shots to help the Blackhawks snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Islanders on Saturday night at Barclays Center. Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad scored in the second period, and Brent Seabrook added an empty-netter for the Blackhawks. John […]

It was a good night for the Yoots of Broadway. Neal Pionk scored his first NHL goal and Alex Georgiev came within 4:34 of his first shutout in a 43-save, 5-1 Garden rout of the Sabres on Saturday night. “I didn’t believe it at first,” said the smooth and poised Pionk, who converted Jimmy Vesey’s […]

Go West, young man, and find a decent hockey team. Way out in Newark is where the lone hometown hope resides, the Devils carrying the torch for New York-area hockey — and New York-area winter sports — into the spring. They are a story of redemption and modern retooling. This young energetic group might be […]

Across the ice from the Rangers on Saturday night, in one of those games no one really wants to have to play, were the Sabres, one of the NHL’s prime illustrations of a team that has not won for losing, and an example the Blueshirts would not want to emulate. Because despite drafting in top […]

Michael Grabner already went through weeks of high-stress thinking about things he couldn’t control — mainly, where the Rangers were going to trade him. So now that the speedy winger has landed in New Jersey as part of the first trade between the Devils and Rangers — also becoming one of the rare few to […]

It seemed like a long time coming, but finally it’s here. The Rangers called up first-round picks Lias Andersson (No. 7 overall) and Filip Chytil (No. 21) from AHL Hartford on Sunday. The two will likely play out the rest of the season with the Blueshirts, starting with the home-and-home against the Capitals that begins […]

It’s already been a year of huge adjustments for two of the Rangers’ brightest prospects, but this was the biggest jump of all. The rebuilding Blueshirts were getting a glimpse at their future as both first-round picks from this most recent draft, centers Lias Andersson (No. 7 overall) and Filip Chytil (No. 21), were set […]

We’re nearing the end for the 2017-18 Rangers, one point away from playoff extinction with six games to go following Monday’s 4-2 Garden defeat to the Capitals. But the promotions of teen first-rounders Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil make this feel like more of a beginning for 2018-19. Except, of course, for the one pesky […]