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After a sluggish start in their first game out of the Christmas break, the New York Islanders picked up their intensity in the latter part of the second period and then steamrolled the Ottawa Senators in the third. Mathew Barzal had two goals and an assist to help the Islanders rally for a 6-3 win […]

Regarding the Rangers, three points out of last overall, notwithstanding games in hand on fellow bottom-feeders, and on the road to get there. 1. The playoffs are more of a pipe dream than ever following one win in the past seven games (1-2-4) and three in the past 14 (3-6-5), so the debate can cease […]

Goaltending has been a soft spot for the New Jersey Devils as they tumbled into last place in the Eastern Conference. Rookie Mackenzie Blackwood might be the solution as they try to climb back into the playoff chase. Blackwood stopped 37 shots for his first shutout and Pavel Zacha scored short-handed as the Devils beat […]

Why all the fuss? Jim Lites, an expensive suit doing the bidding of a fellow who can afford to wear an even more expensive suit, didn’t even call Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin “fat puss-ie toads.” Now that would have turned the Stars’ CEO’s wildly entertaining premeditated rant against the franchise’s two top-paid players into […]

Click:Lighting TORONTO — John Tavares had a front-row seat for Mathew Barzal’s first career hat trick, a little over a year ago — as his friend, teammate and captain. Barzal’s second three-goal game in the NHL left Tavares with a decidedly different feeling Saturday night. Barzal scored a natural hat trick in the second period, […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On the road, clinging to a one-goal lead. What could go wrong? “I think everyone on the bench knew what the storyline would have been if we let them get one,” Marc Staal told The Post. “That’s on your mind.” But Staal was able to crack a sheepish smile while saying that […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It could have been a lot worse, but that hardly makes the nature of the play any different. Serial offender Zac Rinaldo took a malicious cheap shot at Mika Zibanejad late in the second period of the Rangers 4-3 win over the Predators on Saturday night, nailing the Blueshirts top-line center with […]

BRENTWOOD, Mo. — It was inevitable there would be a dip in the play of 19-year-old Filip Chytil. But it’s still a surprise to see that Rangers coach David Quinn seems likely to make him a healthy scratch for the New Year’s Eve game on Monday night in St. Louis against the Blues. “I just […]

BRENTWOOD, Mo. — The location and the timing of Kevin Shattenkirk’s return to the Rangers lineup was lost on no one. The Blueshirts will get their big-ticket blueliner back for the New Year’s Eve game in St. Louis on Monday night against the Blues, the franchise with whom he established himself as one of the […]

Mackenzie Blackwood has provided an expected lift for the New Jersey Devils. Blackwood posted his second straight shutout, stopping 25 shots in the Devils’ 4-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday at the Prudential Center in Newark. He became the first rookie goalie in franchise history to post back-to-back shutouts. Blackwood is 3-1 since […]