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The Islanders’ early-season success has been buoyed by beating up on their Metropolitan Division foes, entering Monday 9-1-0 against them. Missing from those 10 games were any battles against the Capitals or Blue Jackets, the top two teams in the standings. And given that the last three division titles went through Washington, the Islanders’ first […]

Maybe the best thing the Rangers have going for them is their self-awareness. These Blueshirts are not fooling themselves or anyone else by thinking they have more talent than most of their opponents. They’re not fooling themselves thinking they can win by scoring four or five highlight-reel goals per game. Instead, they are intently focused […]

It might not go on the highlight reel, but Lias Andersson will take it. The Rangers rookie forward got his first goal of the season and the second of his career when he crashed the net and got a rebound to go in off his backside, helping his team to a 4-2 win over the […]

You know, it was impossible not to like Derick Brassard when he was in New York. He was productive in the 1A/1B rotation with Derek Stepan, scored big goals in big games, and had a personality made for Broadway’s big stage. But when, in his third season playing for Alain Vigneault, the coach reversed roles […]

The Broadway Hat hung in the locker, its unassuming tenant nowhere to be found. Monday night at the Garden was the second time in the past week the reward bestowed upon the Rangers’ player of the game, as chosen by the team, went to Marc Staal. But the veteran defenseman didn’t feel compelled to talk […]

Vladislav Namestnikov landed in concussion protocol following his collision with Ottawa’s Thomas Chabot in the closing seconds of the Rangers’ 4-2 win Monday at the Garden. Namestnikov did not practice Wednesday and didn’t accompany the Blueshirts for a two-game trip to Canada, with games Thursday in Ottawa and two nights later against Montreal. Mats Zuccarello, […]

Three times this season, the scrambling Rangers have surrendered a goal after their opponent pulled its goalie for an extra attacker. They actually ended up winning all three of those contests, including a 4-2 victory over the Senators on Monday, but that apparently was enough of a red flag for first-year coach David Quinn to […]

OTTAWA, Ontario — In a moment of candidness, Mats Zuccarello said what most others are thinking: It’s likely he will be traded by the Rangers. The winger recently went on a hockey podcast with Roy Kvatningen, a respected journalist from his native Norway, and spoke about what it’s like to be in the final year […]

OTTAWA, Ontario — This is a disconcerting trend, and the Rangers know it. The Blueshirts put up another stinker on the road, losing to the Senators, 3-0, at Canadian Tire Center on Thursday night. This follows up their previous road game, a 4-0 thumping in Philadelphia on the day after Thanksgiving — and the Rangers […]

BOSTON — Ryan Donato scored the decisive shootout goal in his NHL return, Tuukka Rask made 28 saves and the Bruins outlasted the Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night. Donato, recalled Wednesday after a demotion to Providence of the AHL, tucked the winner past Islanders goalie Robin Lehner on the Bruins’ fourth attempt. “It was big. […]