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Maybe this is a bias from being around Henrik Lundqvist for just about a decade, but it’s very difficult to understand how a NHL team can keep plodding along without a clear-cut No. 1 goalie. With the exception of the NFL quarterback, there is not another single player on a major pro sports team that […]

David Quinn repeated the line, either for emphasis or because it had consumed his thoughts. “We can’t let them win two games tonight,” the Rangers coach said after his team allowed a late goal and lost 4-3 to the Islanders on Thursday night at the Garden, the first of a home-and-home that concludes Saturday afternoon […]

Never before and never since has a forward taken at least 80 shots in the Stanley Cup playoffs and scored fewer than five goals. And yet, that was the dubious achievement that stayed with Rick Nash throughout his profoundly mixed tenure as a Ranger — in which he graced New York with his presence for […]

Off the schneid, and just in time. The Rangers managed to pick up their first win ever at Barclays Center, 2-1 over the Islanders on Saturday afternoon. It was the eighth game the teams have played at the arena since the Islanders moved from the Nassau Coliseum in 2015-16. Considering the Islanders could move back […]

Nine games into his NHL career, Mackenzie Blackwood is starting to emerge as the Devils’ No. 1 goaltender. Blackwood returned to the lineup after missing three games with an injury and made 32 saves in leading the Devils to a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Flyers on Saturday at Prudential Center. “I can’t imagine how […]

The Islanders all felt their play Saturday afternoon, in the second game of a home-and-home against the Rangers, was better than their effort Thursday in the first contest. But missed opportunities — especially on the power play — were detrimental as the Islanders lost 2-1 at Barclays Center after a win Thursday at the Garden. […]

Rangers coach David Quinn confirmed what everyone in the building saw, that it “doesn’t look good” for defenseman Freddy Claesson after he was driven awkwardly into the boards during the 2-1 win over the Islanders on Saturday afternoon at Barclays Center. Early in the third period, Islanders forward Matt Martin finished a hit on Claesson […]

The Islanders’ 2017-18 season was polluted with defensive struggles, but they have made an impressive turnaround. The call-up of rookie defenseman Devon Toews in December, seemed to put a bow on their league-leading defense. That is especially important because of the loss of Thomas Hickey, who currently is without a definitive timeline for a return […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Rangers can’t have anything nice, like leads or momentum. Because whenever they get one of those things recently, they find a way to kill it. With another disjointed effort in what has been almost two months of them, they dropped a 7-5 decision to the Blue Jackets here on Sunday night. […]

The NHL’s best and hottest team visited Barclays Center on Sunday night and got punched, punched and punched again. Less than five minutes into the first period, the Islanders were leading the Lightning by three goals and held their own the rest of the way behind goalie Thomas Greiss in a game they believed would […]