Tag: Rangers
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Rangers working on fixing this weakness as playoffs near
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Like any NHL team gearing up for the playoffs, the Rangers want to be at the top of all aspects of their game. The fact that they’ve stayed atop the league for much of the season despite being one of the most inconsistent teams at five-on-five, however, is a testament to how much other parts…
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Blake Wheeler unlikely to return in playoffs for Rangers
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The chances of the Rangers having Blake Wheeler in the playoffs sound low. Asked for the first time in a long time about Wheeler, who suffered a season-ending leg injury Feb. 15, head coach Peter Laviolette said the 37-year-old forward has not resumed skating yet. “He’s progressing, but slowly,” Laviolette said before the Rangers lost…
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Rangers’ enforcer Matt Rempe vs. Maple Leafs’ Ryan Reaves
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TORONTO — The Rangers and Maple Leafs will enter the Hockey Night in Canada ring Saturday amid the most successful stretches of each team’s respective season. Bookending the top-five teams in the Eastern Conference, the clubs go head-to-head in a litmus test contest that not only carries standings implications but will also feature two generations…
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Kaapo Kakko scores go-ahead goal in Rangers’ win over Stars
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The points may finally start coming in bunches for Kaapo Kakko. Anybody that knows the Finnish wing, however, knows that he wants to score goals. The slight-but-intense fist pump Kakko gave after sniping the game-winning goal in the Rangers’ 3-1 win over the Stars Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden said it all. Kaapo Kakko…
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Blackhawks’ comeback falls short in 4-3 overtime loss to Rangers
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The Blackhawks have a small margin for error. They struggle to score without injured forwards Connor Bedard, Taylor Hall and Andreas Athanasiou. The Hawks entered play Friday against the Rangers having scored a combined three goals in their last five games and had scored two goals or more only once since Jan. 19. It appeared…
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Rangers’ Peter Laviolette applauds Will Cuylle for timely goal
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Will Cuylle hadn’t scored in 10 games, but Peter Laviolette never saw the rookie winger’s effort level waver. Cuylle’s first goal since Nov. 7 was a huge one, snapping a 3-3 tie in the second period to give the Rangers a lead they wouldn’t relinquish in what turned out to be a 6-5 victory over…
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Rangers top Bruins in high-octane Eastern Conference heavyweight battle
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This game was exactly what one would expect from the top two teams in the East. And it was the Rangers who emerged from the heavyweight, high-octane battle with a big-time 7-4 win over the Bruins Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, which lifted the club into first place in the NHL in points percentage.…
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Rangers’ Adam Fox resumes skating, but concern remains for Filip Chytil
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The Rangers still have a long way to go until Adam Fox is eligible to come off long-term injured reserve, but the club’s No. 1 defenseman is making progress. Fox has resumed skating roughly two weeks after the 25-year-old landed on long-term injured reserve following a knee-on-knee collision with Carolina forward Sebastian Aho. The 2021…
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Adam Fox, Filip Chytil injuries will be big early test for Rangers’ depth
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The Rangers have been blessed since Adam Fox was delivered into their arms through an immaculate conception for the 2019-20 season. They have benefitted from the defenseman’s uncommon instinct, intelligence and talent at both ends of the ice. And they have benefitted from Fox’s endurance and ability to remain healthy. Uncommonly healthy, in fact, No.…
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Jonathan Quick’s Rangers debut a bright spot after replacing Igor Shesterkin
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After a Rangers loss in which star goalie Igor Shesterkin was pulled, it’s difficult to imagine there being a bright spot, but that’s what Jonathan Quick was Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. Down four goals to the Predators just over halfway through the Blueshirts’ eventual 4-1 loss, Shesterkin’s night was over following Filip Forsberg’s…
