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SUNRISE, Fla. — The Rangers have become so accustomed to getting superior work from Henrik Lundqvist that it is a shock to the system when the goaltender has even an ordinary night. This was the case through 60 minutes Saturday, when Lundqvist allowed two questionable second-period goals as the Rangers, flawed themselves, could not maintain […]

SUNRISE, Fla. — This was Jan. 16, 2008, in Chicago after the Rangers had defeated the Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime in the first game of the first dads’ trip in team history. The Blueshirts had been able to overcome officiating of near scandalous proportions from the Mike Hasenfratz-Dean Morton referee tandem in which New York […]

TAMPA, Fla. — David Quinn did not say as much, but the Rangers are abandoning their power-line experiment in which the coach shifted Kevin Hayes to right wing on the unit with center Mika Zibanejad and left wing Chris Kreider because such a move depletes the team’s depth and ability to match up against the […]

TAMPA, Fla. — The Rangers haven’t had their full complement of forwards since Nov. 14 against the Sabres, 15 games ago. And while Cody McLeod (broken hand) will still be sidelined for the foreseeable future, the Blueshirts will be as healthy up-front as they have been for a month when Mats Zuccarello (groin) and Pavel […]

It was one of those moments that helps define the personality of a team. So the Islanders were proud of the way they responded after their captain, Anders Lee, was hurt on a huge, clean hit from veteran Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall late in the first period in Detroit on Saturday. At the time, […]

Josh Ho-Sang has never gone about things quietly. But now that the Islanders’ flashy young winger was called up from AHL Bridgeport on Sunday, it’s to be seen how he deals with his new situation. It was very likely that was going to start with a healthy scratch Monday night, when the Isles went back […]

TAMPA, Fla. — Ryan Callahan heard the talk. He knew in conjunction with a possible trade for Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson, the Lightning were looking to ease potential cap issues and had touched base with the Rangers about sending the once-captain and his $5.8 million cap hit through 2019-20 back from whence he came at the […]

One after another, Ryan Pulock fired off his mammoth slap shot. It was five shot attempts total — three of them blocked, one wide, one on goal. Each time the Islanders defenseman drew his blade back, the announced sellout crowd of 13,917 jammed into the old barn on Hempstead Turnpike drew its breath, and then […]

TAMPA, Fla. — A game such as this highlights the disparity in talent between the hard-working Rangers and the NHL’s elite. For though the Blueshirts should be proud of the battle level and work ethic they displayed here Monday night, they just could not match the Lightning’s upper-echelon skill level in a 6-3 defeat to […]

Discount the discount. Regardless of your original opinion of the free-agent signing of Kevin Shattenkirk, no one but no one could have foreseen that No. 22’s stint in New York would become a debacle by the 30-game mark of the second season of a scheduled four-year term. Shattenkirk has been buffeted by so much misfortune […]