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There are years that go by without a reminder of why fighting is still part of the NHL. And then there are scraps like the one between Miles Wood and Jamie Benn on Wednesday night in Dallas that allow everyone to see why it was part of the game in the first place. Maybe there […]

It’s almost as if Brendan Smith were waiting and wanting to hear this question. “Do you think this system fits your game better than last year?” he was asked, referring to the lost season he spent mostly in the minors. “For sure I think it does,” the smiling Rangers defenseman told The Post after Friday’s […]

As the Rangers await their road trip to Chicago and California that begins next week, a decision is pending on talented 19-year-old winger Filip Chytil. But as of now, the club is continuing to give him a chance to prove he belongs. Chytil can play two more games — the Garden matches against the Flames […]

Where Jesper Fast plays always seems to be fluctuating, but what he brings to the ice does not. “You know what you get out of him every night,” said center Mika Zibanejad, who, with Chris Kreider on his left, has welcomed Fast onto his right. “He’s going work hard. Obviously like everyone else, the puck’s […]

As of late in the week, no team had contacted the Rangers for permission to speak to Alain Vigneault since he was dismissed within hours of delivering his valedictory address following the team’s final game of last season in Philadelphia. But we wonder if that might change within the not-too-distant future. Specifically, we would suggest […]

PHILADELPHIA — Jake Voracek had a goal and had two assists, and the Flyers finally played some solid defense in a 5-2 win over the Devils on Saturday. Voracek, who was demoted from the Flyers’ top line, took a loose puck at center ice and kept it himself on a 2-on-1 breakaway, beating Keith Kinkaid […]

David Quinn stopped a drill at Rangers practice Saturday and adamantly told his team he wanted to see more urgency and pace and less sticking in spots on the power play. The unit has been better of late, but there’s still work to be done for the NHL’s 19th-ranked power play. The Rangers started the […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Brock Nelson scored the lone goal for the Islanders, who finished a road trip 1-3 after falling to the Sharks 4-1 on Saturday night. Robin Lehner made 37 saves after shutting out San Jose on Oct. 8. “At times we weren’t really fully engaged as a team, especially in the second. […]

Charles Wang had seen one hockey game before he bought the Islanders, and he was then the main reason they never left New York. He built a computer empire, not without controversy, but couldn’t build his famous Lighthouse Project in Uniondale, also not without controversy. He was a monumental philanthropist and loved his Islanders just […]

A lot of shots, just not a lot of good ones. The Rangers peppered the Flames with 45 shots, but still managed to lose 4-1 on Sunday night at the Garden. With the new philosophy of shooting more and crashing the net, the Blueshirts were able to create an ample amount of decent scoring chances. […]