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Devon Toews picked a great time to get his first NHL goal and keep the Islanders’ winning streak going. Toews knocked in the rebound of his own shot at 1:48 of overtime to lift the Islanders past the Blackhawks 3-2 Thursday night for their fifth straight win in their fourth game os the season at […]

A big part of what made David Quinn an attractive coaching candidate for the Rangers this summer was his previous experience as a head coach in the AHL and as an assistant in the NHL. On Friday, he returns to face the lone pro franchise that had employed him, as Quinn’s Blueshirts make their only […]

Take off the blindfold, it’s beautiful. (“Bird Box” sucked, but moving on.) Friday is the day that you can not look away from one of the second-best hockey tournament of every year — even considering those bygone years when the NHL considered the Olympics a better worldwide marketing tool than a few preseason games. Watching […]

DENVER — The Rangers were forced to go without Kevin Hayes for Friday night’s match against the Avalanche that opened a three-game trip which also includes contests at the Coyotes and Golden Knights. Hayes, who has routinely missed practices to undergo “maintenance” after suffering what is believed a mid-body injury against the Coyotes on Dec. […]

DENVER — There was a conversation, Jimmy Vesey acknowledged, “but the kind of one that you never want to have or leaves you with a good feeling.” The conversation essentially consisted of David Quinn, the coach, telling Vesey, the player, he would be sitting out Wednesday’s match against the Penguins at the Garden as a […]

DENVER — Two games into 2019 and 2018 never looked so good. Or maybe it’s just that the Rangers have looked so bad since the calendar flipped. You can cite this or that as mitigating factors, but please, being outscored by an aggregate 13-3 in consecutive defeats to the Penguins and Avalanche has cast a […]

GLENDALE, Ariz.  — Already down a goalie, the Devils watched MacKenzie Blackwood leave in the first period with a lower-body injury. Keith Kinkaid filled in nicely for someone who hadn’t played in four games. Kinkaid stopped 21 shots and had two saves in a shootout, lifting the Devils to a 3-2 win over the Coyotes […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — So, OK, an exercise in which Henrik Lundqvist, Ed Giacomin and Mike Richter can each be designated as the greatest goaltender in franchise history … by nationality. As the World Juniors crown a champion Sunday in Vancouver, Slap Shots is issuing our six-nations ranking of our three local club’s all-time greatest by […]

ST. LOUIS — Johnny Boychuk isn’t known for his visually appealing goals, having scored just 52 times in 626 games covering 10 seasons. Nevertheless, his hard drive from just inside the blue line gave the New York Islanders their first lead just 11 seconds after Jordan Eberle had tied the score, and the Isles rallied […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — This is when a long season becomes painful for weaker teams that managed to harness enough early adrenaline and belief to be at least moderately successful before Thanksgiving but just aren’t blessed with enough of the right stuff to be a long-term factor. The last few weeks have provided a flashback to […]