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Slumping Devils drop seventh straight game
Matt Murray made 32 saves, and Connor Brown and Nick Paul each had a goal and an assist as the host Senators defeated the slumping Devils on Monday night.
Rangers' fire sale begins with Nick Holden
If you’re scoring at home, the Rangers flipped a 2017 fourth-rounder for a 2018 third-rounder, 24-year-old defenseman Rob O’Gara and 135 games (plus 11 in the playoffs) from Nick Holden...
Rangers lose Chris Kreider in potentially big blow
This might be a difficult injury for the Rangers to swallow. The Blueshirts lost forward Chris Kreider after the first period of the team’s 1-0 shootout victory against the Capitals...
Kevin Shattenkirk's playing time trimmed during 'crunch time'
Alain Vigneault is seemingly doing what he can to keep his rotation both up front and on the back end throughout games, but sometimes the Rangers leave their coach with...
It's time for the Rangers' fire sale
Regarding the Rangers, who with 16 wins in 31 games entering Friday’s Garden match against the Kings, are precisely the ordinary team their record indicates: 1. Stretches such as this...
Rangers rallies fall short as Lundqvist yanked in sloppy loss
This hurt the Rangers, physically and emotionally. And how could it not, as they twice stormed back from three-goal deficits and had it all blow up in their faces during...
How the Rangers can survive without Ryan McDonagh
Replace was not a word the Rangers were using when thinking of their missing captain, Ryan McDonagh, set to be out for a second straight game with a mild abdomen...
Brendan Smith's marriage with the Rangers is off to a rocky start
If you look at the four-year, $17.4 million commitment Brendan Smith and the Rangers made to one another on June 28 as a kind of marriage, it is safe to...
Rangers' benched defenseman: 'I've been playing pretty well'
TAMPA, Fla. — Brendan Smith does not lack confidence. As the Rangers made the rugged defenseman a healthy scratch for the third time this season with Thursday night’s 2-1 overtime...
Paul Carey just put this Ranger's tenure in jeopardy
By Matt Puempel having what Rangers general manager Jeff Gorton called an “OK” training camp, he got beat out for a spot on the opening-night roster by Paul Carey. Now...
Why dumping Marc Staal is Rangers' only route to Maple Leafs center
If the Rangers were engaged in serious talks with the Maple Leafs regarding Tyler Bozak, the only way the Blueshirts could pull off a deal for the veteran center with...
Breaking down the number crunch on Rangers' defense
History tells us that a team can never have too many NHL-caliber defensemen … unless, that is, having too many creates an unsustainable roster crunch. That is the enviable/unenviable scenario...
Shattenkirk is a Rangers test that Vigneault can't bungle
Regarding the Rangers, who have summer work in front of them with shrinking cap space in which to do it: 1. Kevin Shattenkirk did leave more than $23 million on...
Who's a goner? The many Rangers questions begin now
So begins the Rangers’ offseason, and all the questions that come with it. After retooling on the fly this past summer, the team compiled by general manger Jeff Gorton fell...
Rangers pushed to painful brink after game-winner waved off
OTTAWA — Because the Rangers let it, this game teetered on the edge all afternoon. And now, their season is on the brink of ending. The Blueshirts dropped one more...
Rangers' unsung hero scores vital breakthrough goal
The Rangers’ momentum was long gone. Their dominant performance two days earlier didn’t mean anything anymore. The first period of Game 4 was scoreless, and Madison Square Garden was quiet...
Rangers punch Senators in the mouth to even series
It devolved into an ugly mess, frustration boiling over and being met with a stern fist. The Rangers have shown more than just structure and skill during this impressive two-game...
Rangers' Game 4 question: Defensemen's playing time
At first, Alain Vigneault was looking for the matchups he wanted when considering which defensemen he was sending over the boards. But then the Rangers’ coach had to deal with...
Rick Nash has relived crucial Rangers play 'over 1,000 times'
There is no more consolation for playing well. The Rangers can talk all they want about what they did right up in Ottawa for the first two games of this...
Rangers hope small change prevents another Game 3 dud
Fueled by a difference in the schedule, the Rangers held hope that they weren’t going to repeat themselves with a dud performance in Game 3 of their second-round series just...