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This was a night, as Kevin Hayes was quick to point out, that Henrik Lundqvist was at his very best handling the puck, ranging behind his net to help the Rangers organize and break out crisply over the final 40 minutes against a Dallas team that had choked the life out of them during the […]

The message was twofold. First, the Rangers wanted to reinforce what Brady Skjei already knew — that his game needed to better. Second, they wanted to make it just as clear that the two-game benching that looks to be over with his reinsertion to the lineup for Wednesday night’s rivalry rematch against the Islanders at […]

Henrik Lundqvist not only got a day off from practice on Tuesday, the Rangers franchise goalie is also set to sit and watch his backup, Alex Georgiev, start against the Islanders on Wednesday night in the Garden. The 36-year-old Lundqvist has started 17 of the team’s first 21 games, with the most recent of Georgiev’s […]

Barry Trotz was talking about the identity the Islanders had established under his watch in his first year behind the bench. Beyond the “Tough to play against” tag and “five-man structure,” the coach talked about how his team has “to go with a four-line mentality because we’re not loaded with top-end talent.” Mat Barzal and […]

A Broadway exorcism on the eve of Thanksgiving. So it was with the Rangers being able to finally put down the Islanders in a 5-0 blowout victory on Wednesday night at the Garden that marked just their second win against their rival in the previous 14 games, going back three-plus years. It also was the […]

Pavel Zacha is back from the minor leagues and brimming with confidence. Zacha scored twice, Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist, and the Devils beat the Canadiens 5-2 on Wednesday night at the Prudential Center in Newark. The teams were tied 1-1 in the first period before New Jersey scored four straight goals. […]

You know what was most special about the Rangers’ 5-0 victory over the Islanders at the Garden on Thanksgiving Eve? The fact that it somehow seemed routine even while it represented the Blueshirts’ first victory in nine games (1-7-1) in the Battle of the Hudson and second in 14 (2-10-2) since the start of 2015-16. […]

It was easy to see the difficulty of the decision drawn on David Quinn’s face. But it was one the Rangers coach felt he had to make, scratching defenseman Brendan Smith for Wednesday night’s 5-0 thumping of the Islanders at the Garden. It was the fourth time in the past six games that Smith has […]

The assumption, apparently naïve, was that scouring the league for opinions on the surprising hot streak of the Rangers was going to bring some measured perspective. Instead, it got the exact opposite. Speaking to one league executive, one coach, and one national broadcaster, all on the condition of anonymity in the hope of unfettered candidness, […]

Mats Zuccarello said that he wanted to get back with his winning team so bad he probably cost himself a couple of more games out. Because of a right groin strain, the Rangers winger has played just once in the past seven games, and that game — Nov. 15 against the Islanders — was probably […]