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As the Rangers’ front office prepares to wheel and deal before the Feb. 25 trade deadline it doesn’t have to look too far to be reminded of one move that is paying high dividends. That would be the swap that sent Derick Brassard to Ottawa in a deal that brought back Mika Zibanejad in the […]

Former Devil Zach Parise scored the go-ahead goal, and the Wild snapped a four-game losing streak and gave coach Bruce Boudreau something to smile about in his 900th NHL game with a 4-2 victory over the Devils at Prudential Center on Saturday. The third line of Marcus Foligno, Joel Eriksson Ek and Luke Kunin all […]

There they go again. The owners, management people, compliant messengers in my business, there they go again throwing around the term “loophole” to define a business practice permissible under the collective bargaining agreement used by wealthy team ownership to sign a player. There they went again, whining when the Maple Leafs’ five-year, $58.17 million second […]

Islanders coach Barry Trotz declined to say in his pregame comments Saturday which of his two goaltenders would be starting a few hours later against the Avalanche. It was Robin Lehner, with Thomas Greiss backing up. But as it turned out, the biggest save in the Islanders’ 4-3 overtime victory was made by fourth-line left […]

Maybe James Neal just wanted a bonus — from the tooth fairy. The Calgary Flames forward showed why hockey players should wear mouthguards on Saturday, when TV cameras captured the exact moment he was hit in the mouth with a stick — and the moment several teeth came flying out. Canucks defenseman Alex Biega tried […]

The Islanders were determined to not let this be a back-to-back-breaker. They came out strong, kept up the attack for most of the game, and survived some dicey moments late in a 2-1 victory over the Wild on Sunday at Barclays Center. The result runs the Islanders’ record to 9-0-0 in the second half of […]

This is becoming a ritual for the Rangers. When Henrik Lundqvist turned 36 last March 2, the King faced 51 shots and stopped 50 of them in the Rangers’ 3-1 victory in Calgary. So naturally, when Alexandar Georgiev turned 23 on Sunday, the Bulgarian faced 56 shots and stopped 55 of them in the Blueshirts’ […]

You could excuse the Rangers if they had flashbacks to Hugh Jessiman, the 12th-overall selection of the 2003 entry draft who tore a left ankle ligament in his second game of his junior season at Dartmouth, never was the same following surgery and never played a game for the Blueshirts. For on Saturday night in […]

If the Islanders end up having to play postseason games at Barclays Center, this weekend’s victories over the Avalanche and Wild in front of spirited crowds offer some hope for success. Late last month, The Post’s Brett Cyrgalis reported commissioner Gary Bettman would decide whether the playoffs will be contested at Barclays or Nassau Coliseum. […]

David Quinn has sent the message to Jimmy Vesey in different ways, but now he’s getting the desired result. Last month, it was by scratching the Rangers left wing for a game against the Penguins. Last week, it was by dropping the 25-year-old to the fourth line for four games. The goal? Getting Vesey to […]