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The Devils were tired of the pointed questions. Tired of the team meetings. Tired of not feeling like their work had accomplished a tangible result. So they went out and did something about it. Nico Hischier scored 41 seconds into overtime to cap the Devils’ comeback from three goals down as they beat the Vegas […]

Shaky teams are unable to sustain authority over 60 minutes. Shaky teams are unable to protect leads over the final 20 minutes. The Rangers are a shaky team. “We’re in a little rut,” coach David Quinn said after Friday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Coyotes on Derek Stepan’s goal at 4:28. It represented the second […]

David Quinn neither hemmed nor hawed when asked why he had chosen to go with Matt Beleskey on the fourth line for Friday night’s Garden match against the Coyotes while designating Lias Andersson as a healthy scratch. “I think Lias needs to take a step back and we need to help him become a better […]

So here’s the question, the Devils’ rather stunning 5-4 overtime victory over Vegas on Friday in a game they trailed 3-0 before E-Z Pass could even register your toll charge, notwithstanding: Is New Jersey showing enough to Taylor Hall that the NHL’s reigning Hart Trophy winner will sign an extension this summer and thus alleviate […]

Not afforded the luxury of instant replay, Neal Pionk thought he was just being a good teammate. The Rangers defenseman was skating back to cover Coyotes winger Christian Fischer on Friday night when the two got tangled going hard to the net, which resulted in Henrik Lundqvist getting knocked onto his back. Pionk immediately went […]

Adam McQuaid had been around just long enough to start feeling comfortable when his introduction to the Rangers was stopped in its tracks. The veteran defenseman, who came over from the Bruins in a trade days before training camp opened, was playing his eighth game for the Blueshirts when he suffered a lower-body injury Oct. […]

Mathew Barzal scored on a power play in the third period and had the only goal in the shootout to lift the Islanders to a 4-3 win over the Red Wings on Saturday night at the Nassau Coliseum. Anthony Beauvillier and Casey Cizikas also scored in regulation for the Islanders, who beat the Red Wings […]

Not all mascots are warm and fuzzy. The Chicago Blackhawks released a statement Saturday after a video surfaced showing the team’s mascot, Tommy Hawk, body-slamming and punching a fan who provoked him in the concourse of the United Center one night earlier. In the video, the man appears to try to attack the mascot, who […]

Disengaged, lethargic hockey was supposed to be a thing of the past upon the enforced passing of the coaching baton from Alain Vigneault to David Quinn. Yet, here were the Rangers on Garden ice Sunday with a performance from 2017-18, which it to say, from that dreadful place that prompted the Letter, the Purge and […]

Just when the Rangers believed they had regained top-nine full health with Friday’s return of Mats Zuccarello and Pavel Buchnevich from long-term absences, the club has lost Jesper Fast for two to four weeks with a likely shoulder injury. Fast suffered the injury as a result of a hard, open-ice check he took from Arizona’s […]