Rangers nip rival Panthers in thrilling shootout win
The Panthers were a big test for the Rangers before the trade deadline, which they failed to do twice. However, the Blueshirts ended up being the favorites to win the Presidents Trophy after making reinforcements at key points in the season. Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin scored in the shootout as the Rangers rallied from […]
Rangers rolling again with playoff-style hockey
On opening day, head coach Peter Laviolette challenged this Rangers team to play playoff hockey all season long to ease the transition into production after the postseason actually began on April 22nd. The Blueshirts accepted that feeling and were able to get off to a great start with an 18-4-1 record. The club may have […]
Artemi Panarin’s hat trick lifts Rangers past NHL-best Bruins
BOSTON — This represented the best of the best for the Rangers. The Rangers not only refused to back down, but with a resounding and stifling 5-2 victory here on Thursday, they rose once again to the middle of a multi-team donnybrook vying for the Presidents Trophy. Bruins ranked 1st overall. After this game, the […]
Rangers’ Jonathan Quick makes some history in win over Bruins
BOSTON — Jonathan Quick earned a piece of history Thursday as the Rangers beat the Bruins 5-2, earning his 391st career win, tying him with Ryan Miller as the winningest U.S.-born goaltender in NHL history. Ta. “You know, it takes a lot to win one game. And it takes coaching, four lines, six D. So […]
Rangers’ Matt Rempe calls suspension for hit on Devil ‘a learning experience’
The four-game suspension the NHL imposed on Matt Rempe gave enough time for the purple and green bruises around his eyes to fade. The mark disappeared in 5 out of 10 games. The face of a 21-year-old child remains. The time away from the game also gave Rempe space to calm down from the chaos […]
Rangers come up short vs. elite Western Conference foe Jets
The Jets treated Tuesday night’s matchup with the Rangers like a litmus test against East Division opponents. Meanwhile, Rangers couldn’t help but play their sixth game in nine days. The game accordingly took place on the ice at Madison Square Garden, with Winnipeg defeating the Rangers 4-2 and moving past the Canucks, at least temporarily, […]
Matt Rempe staying out of Rangers’ lineup vs. Jets
Lempemania is still on hiatus. The Rangers are scheduled to play the Jets on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, fielding the same 12 forwards as the previous four games, with Matt Lempe remaining as a healthy scratch. Tuesday was Rempe’s first game of eligibility after serving a four-game suspension for elbowing the Devils’ Jonas […]
How Matt Rempe return could shuffle Rangers’ bottom six
To be clear, I do not support giving Will Quill a healthy scratch in Tuesday’s game against the Jets at the Garden to coincide with the return of Matt Lempe, who was guilty of elbowing Jonas. . Siegenthaler on the face. The only reason I mentioned Quill as a possibility coming out in Monday’s column […]
Rangers wrap up grueling ‘grind’ with no more back-to-backs
Once the trade deadline passed, the Rangers began playing 20 games in 38 days to close out the regular season. They just finished a grueling five-game series of two sets in seven days. Three of those five contests were in Carolina, Tampa Bay, and Pittsburgh. The road trip ended with a divisional game between the […]
Ryan Lindgren injury another test to first-place Rangers’ resilience
The Rangers’ hold on to first place in the Metropolitan Division will be put to the test as they lose yet another top defenseman. Ryan Lindgren will be sidelined for several weeks with a lower-body injury after the heartwarming Ranger crashed into the boards and fell awkwardly during the second period of the Blueshirts’ win […]