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The Islanders’ goaltending situation will be monitored all season by new coach Barry Trotz. So far, Thomas Greiss has gotten the looks. After Greiss stopped 45 shots in the season-opening overtime win in Carolina on Thursday, he was able to stop only 19 of 23 shots against the Predators in a 4-3, home-opening loss Saturday […]

BUFFALO — David Quinn “had a big problem” with Patrik Berglund’s blow to the head of Filip Chytil two minutes into the second period that sent the Rangers rookie to the locker room for mandatory concussion testing. Chytil returned to the match after an 11-minute absence from the bench and pronounced himself, “Good, OK,” in […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — After playing their first 120 minutes of the season without ever taking a lead, the Rangers wasted no time in getting their first one Sunday night. They just never seemed to want to hold onto it. They held four different leads through the first 45 minutes of action but none stuck. Instead, […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Looking for a spark from his team and wanting to get defenseman Tony DeAngelo involved, coach David Quinn rolled out a Rangers lineup Sunday night with 11 forwards and seven defensemen. DeAngelo delivered a pair of assists in a physical 17:34 of ice time in his season debut, but it wasn’t enough […]

If this is the way the Islanders are going to keep playing, and if they keep getting goaltending like this, they are going to be better than most people thought. It was an air-tight performance Monday afternoon at Barclays Center, a 4-0 shutout of the Stanley Cup-contending Sharks that was impressive in stature and comprehensiveness. […]

Maybe it’ll be a footnote after this season that Thomas Greiss started the first two games in nets for the Islanders. Because if Robin Lehner plays like he did in the team’s 4-0 win over the Sharks on Monday afternoon at Barclays Center, the starting job will be his. In his season and team debut, […]

After opening their season with a third straight loss Sunday night, the Rangers flew back to New York for an off day Monday and a pair of practices before their next chance for their first win Thursday. Rookie coach David Quinn will go back to the drawing board, surely trying to solidify the defensive structure […]

Less than a week into the Rangers season, less than a week into David Quinn’s tenure as coach, and this is what it has come to: Kevin Shattenkirk as a healthy scratch. The veteran defenseman is more than likely to be benched for the team’s Garden match against the Sharks on Thursday night, with Quinn’s […]

Brett Howden has gone from just making the Rangers to now getting a top-six role. It looks like the rookie center is going to start Thursday’s match against the Sharks at the Garden, between Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello, as first-year coach David Quinn continues to search for answers with his 0-3-0 team. “He’s getting […]

The Nashville Predators had a great regular season last year. They finished with the best record in the NHL and 117 points. Then, in the playoffs, they lost. The Winnipeg Jets ousted them in seven games in the Western Conference semifinals. The Vegas Golden Knights ended up winning the Western Conference after defeating the Jets […]