Alexis Lafreniere needs to get shot with struggling Rangers power play
You’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it 1,000 times, and if the Rangers face elimination in Game 6 and can’t solve it at sunrise on Saturday, you’ll likely hear it 1,000 more times this offseason alone. Teams that rely too heavily on the power play to thrive will be told they don’t stand a chance […]
Rangers will now need Game 6 magic on road — just like 1994
The final minutes of the game were played out against a shrill soundtrack of desperation, pleading, hoping and begging, until 10 minutes and 22 seconds into the third period, Anton Randle slipped past Igor Shesterkin to steal the puck, stunning 18,006 anxious fans and briefly silencing their voices to give the Florida Panthers a 2-1 […]
Rangers can find hope on the brink in eerie 1994 stat
Rangers are in exactly the wrong position to want to be in, but history may yet be on their side. Though the Blueshirts lost Game 5 at the Garden on Thursday night and are down 3-2 to the Panthers in the Eastern Conference finals, there’s a promising, but rather eerie, connection to the 1994 team. […]
Panthers win Game 5 to push Rangers to brink of elimination
The Rangers’ season could come to an end this weekend in Sunrise. That happened Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, as the Panthers dominated in the final period to win, 3-2, and take a 3-2 series lead with the Eastern Conference finals heading back to Florida. The Rangers will face elimination for the first time […]
Rangers’ Chris Kreider finally breaks through for first point of series
Welcome to the Eastern Conference Finals, Chris Kreider. The Rangers forward had been held scoreless since his hat trick in Game 6 of the second round, but he finally had his big breakthrough in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals at the Garden on Thursday night, scoring for the Blueshirts. With the Rangers on […]
Matt Rempe’s postseason play leading to more Rangers trust
Matt Rempe had logged roughly 60 minutes on the ice in nine playoff games leading up to Thursday night’s Game 5 showdown between the Rangers and Panthers at the Garden, without any fights. That’s a lot of discipline for a rookie who stands 6-foot-8 1/2 and has been involved in five brawls in his first […]
Rangers vs. Panthers Game 5 prediction: Target this prop
Commercial content. 21+. Action Network is the official betting partner of the New York Post, which edited this content. Aleksander Barkov commanded much of the overwhelming pressure the Panthers applied to the Rangers in a 2-2 tie en route back to New York. It wouldn’t be far off the mark to say he was the […]
Rangers will be underdogs if they make the Stanley Cup Final
Commercial Content 21+ If the Rangers beat the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Finals, they will again be an unlikely team to win the championship. According to hypothetical odds posted by FanDuel Sportsbook, the Rangers will have positive odds against both the Stars (-140 vs. +116) and the Oilers (-130 vs. +108). The Western […]
Rangers need Big 3 to step up offensively before it’s too late
Had the Rangers survived Game 4 the way they managed to win Game 3 in Florida, the questions would have been very different. If the Rangers had taken a 3-1 lead over the Panthers heading into Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals at the Garden on Thursday night, we might be wondering right now: […]
Panthers Tie Series as Rangers Return Home for Game 5
We got the series. The Rangers were trying to take the series to 3-1 on Tuesday in Florida, but this time they were unable to win in overtime for the first time in the playoffs. The Panthers won in overtime to tie the series at 2-2, and the Blueshirts return home on Thursday for a […]