Four Nations Face-Off could see even more Rangers added to the mix
The final lineup for the NHL's upcoming four-way tournament between the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden is scheduled to be announced during two live broadcasts on Wednesday, and the Rangers are joined by several players. The remaining players representing Finland and Sweden will be announced on SportsCenter on NHL Network and ESPN at 2 […]
Reilly Smith received first time scratch with Rangers
Head coach Peter Laviolette acknowledged Riley Smith was a healthy scratch in the Rangers' 4-3 win over the Canadiens on Saturday. Smith, on his third team in the past three seasons, is certainly not solely responsible for the club's middling start to 2024-25, but the veteran forward is more of a passenger than a contributor. […]
Rangers’ Filip Chytil returns to lineup for first time since injury
The Rangers returned to full strength with a 4-3 win against the Canadiens on Saturday. Filip Sitil returned to action for the first time since colliding with K'Andre Miller on Nov. 14 against the Sharks. The Czech center, who was recovered from a concussion by specialists in New York, missed seven straight games with an […]
The Rangers finally started fighting back after tumultuous week
Friday afternoon's game in Philadelphia was 1-3, but Artemi Panarin had a particularly gruesome performance late in the first period when he was shoved by Travis Konecny and then accosted by two people in black and orange. None of his teammates rushed to cheer him on. But when the Canadiens played at the Garden 24 […]
Rangers show fight with tight win to snap five-game losing streak
The battle continues in New York. It was a week of uncertainty for the Rangers, with sirens blaring throughout the organization as they lost five straight games. Each loss seemed like a punch in the gut until the Blueshirts finally fought back with a nail-biting 4-3 victory over the Canadiens on Saturday afternoon at Madison […]
Broken Rangers must waste no time for change after Philadelphia fallout
PHILADELPHIA — In a matter of weeks, the Rangers became the Giants and Jets. The season was crippled by a five-game losing streak in regulation, matching the club's longest period of futility since the tumultuous final week of the 2020-21 season, when president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton were fired just days before […]
Reeling Rangers can’t overcome early deficit against Flyers
PHILADELPHIA — Travis Konecny scored two goals, Ivan Fedotov made 22 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the New York Rangers 3-1 on Friday. Konecny slipped the puck between the legs of Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin on a breakaway in the first period, giving Philadelphia a two-point lead. He added an empty netter at the […]
Rangers once-vaunted power play has gone missing
The Rangers lost a key part of their offensive engine on the power play and also lost a confidence-boosting penalty kill step. It's been seven games since the Blueshirts last scored a power play goal, dating back to the second period of a 6-3 loss to the Jets on Nov. 12. That's an alarming 0-for-14 […]
Rangers adamant skid will have silver lining on ‘the other side’
As another tough test any team endures in an 82-game schedule, it's understandable and necessary that the Rangers' isolation last month, culminating in a four-game failure, was mentally challenging. It is. Of course, there's the rough patch in January that comes after already building a 25-9-1 head start, and the middling 7-8 mark after a […]
Rangers not used to having trade deadline chatter surround them
RALEIGH, N.C. — The benefit of having a core of players who have played together for many years is that they share so many different experiences that they collectively lean on. It's been quite some time since the Rangers were mired in mid-season trade talk involving key players in their own room, but the team […]