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Henrik Lundqvist was searching for the correct words with which to describe Mats Zuccarello, the teammate with whom the goaltender has been closest through his 14-year tenure on Broadway, when instead he told a story that explained it all. “To me, he’s a good friend but he also likes to be in your face,” Lundqvist […]

The Rangers rolled the dice and put all of their trade chips on the ice Thursday night. Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes may have gotten their Garden farewell, in a 4-1 loss to the Wild, but a third Ranger likely to be wearing a different sweater by Monday’s deadline didn’t make it through the game. […]

Cory Schneider made 30 saves in posting his first shutout since November 2017 and Devils beat the undermanned Senators 4-0 on Thursday night at Prudential Center in Newark in a game in which both teams gave indications they were getting ready to make trades before Monday’s deadline. “It’s never easy,” Schneider said of the trading […]

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid scored in overtime and added an assist as the Oilers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Islanders on Thursday. “We have been playing some good hockey, we just haven’t been finding a way to win the games,” McDavid said. “Tonight we stuck with it all […]

When Lias Andersson was recalled from AHL Hartford on Thursday, it was assumed he was adding depth for a potential trade or to allow the Rangers to scratch one of their movable pieces. By the end of the night, it was just one more head-scratching decision. Andersson did not end up replacing Kevin Hayes or […]

How is this possible? That’s the question dancing throughout the NHL as the Islanders keep their stunning grip on top of the Metropolitan Division ahead of home games next week against the Flames, Maple Leafs and Capitals. Some are less stunned than others. Those on the team’s MSG Networks broadcast, from longtime analyst Butch Goring […]

One of the NHL trade deadline’s biggest chips has been moved. The Ottawa Senators sent forward Matt Duchene, along with defenseman Julius Bergman, to the Blue Jackets on Friday  in exchange for forward prospects Vitali Abramov and Jonathan Davidsson and a first-round pick, lottery protected in 2019. Should Duchene, a rising free agent who was […]

Sometimes luck just works like this. There is a player in the NHL who is set to be a Hall of Famer, is one of the best American-born players of all time and is having one of the best seasons of his career. Heck, he’s having one of the best seasons the league has seen […]

The first big domino has fallen, and the Rangers were still publicly playing it cool. As Monday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline bears down on the NHL, and even after the Senators dealt winger Matt Duchene to the all-in Blue Jackets on Friday afternoon, the Blueshirts held the party line. That means coach David Quinn continues […]

Brett Howden was retroactively placed on injured reserve Thursday, but the Rangers’ 20-year-old center took another step in recovering from his sprained knee and there is now a timetable for his return. Howden practiced with the team Friday in a non-contact jersey, and coach David Quinn said he is “a week to 10 days” away […]