WASHINGTON — The Rangers finally started playing games again, and it hasn’t been pretty. After a loose opening to their schedule, the Blueshirts were swept in their back-to-back with a 5-2 loss to
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... ey Cup in 2018. By the time the third period started, the Caps were up, 3-2. Rangers coach David Quinn mixed up a lot of combinations. He stapled defenseman Tony ...
It is true in the macro sense that what is good for Kaapo Kakko is good for the Rangers. At this moment, though, what is good for the Rangers is promoting Kakko from the second power-play unit to the
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... hat much through his first four NHL games. That is as much a function of the Rangers spending too much time defending and/or chasing the puck as it is a commenta ...
Count Round 1 for Jack Hughes and the Devils. With the top two picks in June’s draft facing each other for the first time in the NHL, it was Hughes — the Devils’ selection at No. 1-overall —
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... sper Fast in front, easily putting one into a gaping net to make it 3-2. The Devils thought they got the goal back when Taylor Hall jammed at the glove of goali ...
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... ving already blown two previous games when leading 4-0 and 4-1. But when the Rangers couldn’t clear the zone when Artemi Panarin’s stick broke, Nikita Gusev was ...
Alex Georgiev doesn’t like to think about any rust that might develop during long stretches when the Rangers backup goalie doesn’t play a game. But that mentality has served him well as he
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... red to get his second start of the season Thursday night in Newark. With the Rangers strange schedule to start the season, they have played just three games up t ...
One thing is for certain about the elongated start to the Rangers’ season, there has been ample time to experiment with line combinations. Ahead of Thursday’s matchup with the Devils in Newark,
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... eteran like Kreider could open a lot of doors for the lefty center. see also Rangers need Chris Kreider to find his way amid puzzling start No, we. Have. Not. Se ...
No, we. Have. Not. Seen. Much. Of. Chris. during five-on-five play through the Rangers’ first three games. That is both literally and figuratively. The fact is that Chris Kreider, whose two points,
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... g the theme upon which he later expanded during his press briefing. see also Rangers veteran worry-free going into final year of contract Psst, pass it on: Chris ...
Regarding the Rangers, who have to wait until only Thursday this time until the next game. 1. Not to belabor the point, except that thanks to this idiotic schedule every point has been belabored by
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... portunities off rebounds and the like. The coach has a point, given that the Rangers wound up the 4-1 defeat with merely 22 attempts in 48:13 of five-on-five pla ...
It’s a bit of a relief for the Rangers that they don’t think the lower-body ailment affecting Chris Kreider is anything long term. The winger did not practice with the team Sunday after he had a
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... led all of them “day-to-day.” The Rangers had a terrific opportunity to score on a five-on-three man-advantage Saturda ...
And so it was at 18:48 of the first period at the Garden on Saturday afternoon that Kaapo Kakko scored his first NHL goal … and smiled widely from the bench when he appeared on the video screen
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... tion, but was snuffed by Smith on a rebound off Brady Skjei’s slap shot. The Rangers had possession in the Edmonton zone with 2:30 remaining, down 3-1, but Quinn ...
The third period was unkind to the Rangers. Connor McDavid scored the tiebreaking goal and Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist, all in the third period, and the Oilers beat the Rangers 4-1
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... fficials didn’t blow a whistle, and Draisaitl kept whacking at the puck. The Rangers pulled Lundqvist for an extra skater, but Draisaitl got an empty-netter, his ...
Kaapo Kakko is on the board. The Rangers’ No. 2-overall pick from this past draft scored his first NHL goal Saturday, giving the Blueshirts a 1-0 lead over Edmonton at the Garden. The Finnish
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... Kaapo Kakko is on the board. The Rangers’ No. 2-overall pick from this past draft scored his first NHL goal Saturday, ...
There is no reason for the Rangers to pretend like they weren’t bothered by this extremely unusual weeklong break just two games into the season, a break that mercifully ends when they play host to
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... the bench, Rangers defensemen had... But even Quinn knows from his one year as an assistant wit ...
