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After being a healthy scratch for six straight games, Tony DeAngelo has returned to the ice with a purpose. The Rangers defenseman dressed for his fifth straight game Tuesday as they hosted the Canadiens, and was set to take over second-unit power-play duties in Brett Howden’s (upper-body injury) absence — another chance to increase his […]

A period after Neal Pionk had showed off his grit by sticking up for a teammate and getting physical, he flashed his flair just in time to lift the Rangers back to .500. With the game tied late in the third period, the defenseman gathered the puck behind his own net, spun away from a […]

OTTAWA, Ontario — The Devils were hoping to rediscover some consistency. Instead,  they succumbed 7-3 to the Senators on Tuesday night — once again failing to win two straight following their early-season hot streak. To make matters worse, the loss came against an Ottawa team playing its first game since the emergence of an embarrassing […]

Regarding the Rangers, the most pleasantly surprising pro sports team in the area: 1. Tuesday it was Neal Pionk riding to the rescue of Filip Chytil, a couple of weeks ago it was Jesper Fast intervening on behalf of Pavel Buchnevich and in between those episodes there was Brady Skjei attempting to avenge a wrong […]

DETROIT — When Lias Andersson was called up from AHL Hartford on Monday and made his season debut with the Rangers on Tuesday night at the Garden, the hope was not just to add another young, skilled forward. The bigger hope was that Andersson could bring the Blueshirts something they hardly have in abundance — […]

DETROIT — The Rangers had been relatively healthy thus far through the season — but that is in the past tense because it was revealed Thursday that winger Mats Zuccarello is not going to make this upcoming two-game road trip due to a groin strain. Zuccarello is being considered “day-to-day,” but he will miss at […]

TAMPA, Fla. — The Islanders stood toe-to-toe with the Eastern Conference’s best Thursday night, but in the end the Lightning — and especially their goalie — proved too strong. Andrei Vasilveksiy made 35 saves, Tyler Johnson broke a tie with 1:26 left, and the Lightning won 4-2, ending the Islanders’ seven-game points streak (5-0-2). Vasilevskiy […]

Representative Gritty? Sheriff Gritty? The Philadelphia Flyers’ big orange mascot has certainly made an impression on folks in Camden, NJ, where he collected 14 total write-in votes for a variety of positions in the recent election. Among them, Gritty scored a pair of votes to be the Camden County Sheriff, two for the U.S. House […]

DETROIT — Of course this happened to the Senators. Of course it did. This organization has become the laughingstock of the league, and that’s a shame for Canada’s capitol city. But what are the odds that this would happen to any other team — a deranged Uber driver records seven players in the midst of […]

METAIRIE, La. — Dez Bryant’s tenure with the Saints may have been short-lived. In just his second practice with New Orleans, the newly acquired wide receiver indicated in social media posts Friday that he has had a significant setback — and multiple reports said the team believes he ruptured his Achilles tendon. The Saints’ injury […]