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This was a bit of a new look for the Rangers, who are now seemingly listening to first-year head coach David Quinn as he demands they shoot first, crash the net second, and ask questions later. And it was also a big piece of redemption for one of the club’s most important players. So in […]

Development and winning hockey games are not mutually exclusive concepts. That is essential to keep in mind in examining the Rangers and David Quinn, the coach who was hired to shepherd this rebuilding operation to success. “If you’re coming into the league on a team where there’s a losing culture or an acceptance of losing, […]

The lesson to Pavel Buchnevich in the wake of his one-game scratch (for now) was that his understanding of what it means to work hard needed to change. That was the message sent by first-year head coach David Quinn after putting the 23-year-old Russian winger in street clothes for the 3-2 shootout victory over the […]

A big Islanders scare, before he’s even an Islander. Ruslan Iskhakov, a UConn freshman forward who was the Isles’ second-round pick in June, was flattened by a hit in a game against Quinnipiac on Tuesday night. The Huskies said he would be OK, but it didn’t immediately look like that in the third period. The 5-foot-7 […]

WASHINGTON — He should have known and he knows it. Henrik Lundqvist, that is, after facing Alex Ovechkin for 13-plus seasons, five playoff series, 39 regular-season games and 33 postseason matches (not to mention international competition), should have known the game’s most prodigious shooter would, well, shoot the puck. “It’s a lesson there,” the King […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Some comebacks are routine, others a tad more daunting. The latter applies to Ryan Kesler, who may have come back a day too soon for the Islanders’ liking. Kesler, sidelined almost half of last season and the first couple of games this year after hip surgery, hinted at returning to form Wednesday […]

WASHINGTON — When Henrik Lundqvist took the nets Wednesday to complete the back-to-back assignment that began with Tuesday’s 3-2 shootout victory at the Garden over the Avalanche, that meant he had started six of the Rangers’ seven games. It also meant Alex Georgiev, the 22-year-old backup, has played just once since his final preseason outing, […]

Regarding the Rangers, who have been as advertised through the season’s first two weeks: 1. The Blueshirts have a decision to make on Filip Chytil, and it is not whether the 19-year-old belongs in the middle or on the wing, but whether he belongs in the NHL at all. And the decision must be reached […]

It had to happen eventually, and Thursday night it finally did. The Devils lost a hockey game. Gabriel Landeskog scored three goals, the last of which put Colorado ahead with 3:22 remaining, and the Avalanche beat the Devils 5-3 at Prudential Center. Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists for the Devils, who had […]

LOS ANGELES — Valtteri Filppula isn’t taking many shots, but the third-line center is making them count. The Islanders decided to follow his lead, with Filppula scoring two goals on two shots to help his team snap a two-game road losing streak with a 7-2 victory over the Kings on Thursday night. Filppula, Matt Martin, […]