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BUFFALO — Robin Lehner made an emotional return to Buffalo and led the Islanders to a milestone victory for coach Barry Trotz. Lehner made 39 saves against his former team as the Islanders beat the Sabres 3-1 on Monday night. The Islanders’ fourth straight victory moved Trotz into fourth place on the NHL’s all-time win […]

ST. LOUIS — There already have been enough losses this season that the Rangers thought they didn’t deserve, so maybe they don’t feel so bad taking a win they thought wasn’t fully deserved either. And it certainly makes the turning of the calendar quite a bit sweeter. The Blueshirts were able to hold on by […]

ST. LOUIS — This was a move made in the name of development. Rangers coach David Quinn decided that it would be best to make 19-year-old rookie forward Filip Chytil a healthy scratch for the first time this season for the 2-1 win over the Blues on Monday night. Chytil, the No. 21-overall pick in […]

The kaboom unit struck again. The Rangers got another power-play goal Monday night in St. Louis from the five-forward group coach David Quinn famously said he wanted to blow up — “kaboom” — after failing so drastically before the Christmas break. It was the third goal in the previous three games for that group, having […]

The Rangers had some calendar year in 2018 — and they’d like to forget most of what has transpired on the ice. It began with the Winter Classic win over the Sabres at Citi Field and ended with a 2-1 win Monday night at St. Louis. Coach Alain Vigneault’s record in 2018 was 13-27-4, while […]

Before David Quinn could fall on the sword for him, Henrik Lundqvist put the Rangers’ latest loss fully on himself. Shortly after he was named the team’s lone All-Star, Lundqvist’s night ended early, but not until he had allowed six goals on 18 shots in an ugly 7-2 loss to the Penguins at the Garden. […]

If the NHL hadn’t called upon Henrik Lundqvist to represent the Rangers at the Jan. 26 All-Star Game in San Jose, Calif., perhaps the Blueshirts could have sent a hologram in his place, because the fact is the franchise’s entire anti-tanking program basically consists of writing the King’s name on the lineup sheet and then […]

DALLAS — The Devils rallied twice from two-goal deficits, but couldn’t get over the hump. Miro Heiskanen celebrated his first All-Star nod with two goals, including a third-period tiebreaker to lift the Dallas Stars over the New Jersey Devils 5-4 on Wednesday night. Heiskanen and Tyler Seguin each scored twice after Jamie Benn tied it […]

Jimmy Vesey became the latest Ranger to earn a benching from coach David Quinn. The winger was an observer for the Rangers’ 7-2 loss to the Penguins on Wednesday night at the Garden, designated as a healthy scratch for just the second time in his three-year career. Quinn had not planned on putting Filip Chytil […]

Sidney Crosby can take a joke, and he knows a good one when he hears it. The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar center heard it all night long Wednesday from Rangers fan and heckler extraordinaire Nick Lipeika, who received an autographed stick for his jokes after Crosby posted a goal and an assist in the Pens’ 7-2 rout of […]