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After practice on Tuesday, Chris Kreider had no idea he was the Rangers’ nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. But when he was told he was up for the award, bestowed by the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) to the player “who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey,” […]

Getting to the playoffs many times involves getting big plays from guys on the third and fourth lines in addition to having your stars step up. The Devils got both in moving a little closer to their first playoff berth since the 2011-12 season. In what is likely a bonus for Devils fans, the win […]

OTTAWA, Ontario — One day after being eliminated from playoff contention for the second straight year, the reeling Islanders were glad to get another win. Andrew Ladd scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period to lift the Islanders to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Anders Lee, Anthony Beauvillier […]

The pieces continue to move around, well after the Rangers began to lose en masse, well after management publicly declared its intention to rebuild with a letter to the fans on Feb. 8, and well after the Feb. 26 trade deadline. Yet Jeff Gorton, the man running the show, has not seen this as a […]

WASHINGTON — Henrik Lundqvist, who hasn’t won a game since his 50-save, 3-1 birthday victory in Calgary on March 2, emitted raw emotion following Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime defeat to the Capitals as if it had been a playoff game, not the first the goaltender has ever played with his team officially eliminated from the tournament. […]

WASHINGTON — This was 20 years ago. The Rangers, one point short of being eliminated from playoff contention one year after having gone to the conference finals and four years after having won the Stanley Cup, had dragged an 0-7-1 winless streak into Chicago on April 5, 1998. The Blueshirts won that day, 2-1 in […]

Josh Ho-Sang has been buried at AHL Bridgeport for most of the season, while the Islanders have floundered out of playoff contention. But the polarizing winger hasn’t been shy about voicing his frustrations with the whole ordeal. “I love those guys [the Islanders], I want to make that clear,” Ho-Sang told The Athletic this week. […]

CHICAGO — Scott Foster thought it was going to be just another night. Then the 36-year-old accountant signed a contract, put on his goaltender gear and waited in Chicago’s locker room. Then he got into the game. Then, it was his night. Foster was pressed into action when Chicago lost Anton Forsberg and Collin Delia […]

This is a night on which worlds collide, when Rangers Past confronts Rangers Present while Rangers Future remains an embryonic concept. And this 2017-18 Garden finale is a night for old times’ sake to merge with “Auld Lang Syne” because Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh are coming back home. Sing no sad songs, though, for […]

On a night when the Rangers paid tribute to so much of their recent past, Filip Chytil provided a hopeful glimpse toward the future. The 18-year-old center scored his first NHL goal in the third period of a 7-3 loss to the Lightning on Friday night in the Garden season finale. Just when the Blueshirts […]