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When you’re a goalie, you can’t play with snow. Marc-Andre Fleury found that out Tuesday night against the Winnipeg Jets, as he got caught by referees trying to build a snow wall in front of the net during a 4-1 loss. The Golden Knight’s creation was soon destroyed by the referees. Fleury was seen laughing […]

It remains hard to take down John Scott. The retired NHL enforcer experienced a scary moment on Sunday when he went to clear a patch of ice on Cedar Lake in Traverse City, Michigan, and instead ended up in the cold water. “It was a nice day, the sun was out, so I thought I’d […]

There have been false starts before with Kevin Shattenkirk — actually, his year and half with the Rangers has essentially been a false start, hasn’t it? — but it feels like there is something different about the defenseman’s revival over the last week or so. It has been understated — routine, even — the way […]

It will be nine games out and 16 to go until the trade deadline when Kevin Hayes returns to the Rangers lineup following the club’s mandated off-week that commences following Saturday night’s match in Boston. For the organization has reached the common-sense decision to hold out No. 13 from the match against the Bruins once […]

The wife of retired Rangers legend Brian Leetch and her sister are hoping to score a plea deal after they allegedly started a brawl at a Manhattan bar and injured three people, their lawyers said Thursday. Mary Beth Leetch, 49, and her little sister Tracy Murphy, 44, were both relaxed in Manhattan Criminal Court during […]

By his own admission, Barry Trotz is an emotional man. “I’m a softie when it comes to – I’ll cry during watching ‘The Notebook’ on TV when it’s on,” the Islanders coach said. But he believes he will be able to keep those emotions in check Friday night when he returns to Washington and Capital […]

It did not result in any goals, but what the Islanders did to the Devils in the middle of the second period Thursday night — while already holding a three-score lead — was an imposing of their will. For a prolonged stretch, the Islanders suffocated the Devils with chances in their own end. Just when […]

It’s kind of just the way it has gone, and the way it will continue to go for these Rangers — up and down, with the occasional crest and the occasional crash. Yet there is some stability back in their world with a second straight win, the latest a 4-3 victory over the Blackhawks on […]

Lou Lamoriello was sitting in a small room that first night back at the Nassau Coliseum on Dec. 1, just before the Islanders welcomed themselves and the Blue Jackets back to Long Island. Lamoriello is not often given to schmaltz or sentiment, but he couldn’t help himself as the booming noise from the arena bled […]

Henrik Lundqvist knows the legend of Terry Sawchuk. Of course he does. Sawchuk is the goaltender with whom the Swede is now tied for sixth on NHL all-time victory list at 445 following Thursday’s 4-3 Garden victory over the Blackhawks. But until told recently, Lundqvist had not known that Sawchuk finished his career as a […]