NEW YORK — Not even playing at home with a lead after two periods could save the New York Rangers from their struggling offense, this time. With their collective backs to the wall against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night, the sixth-seeded Rangers’ inability to get shots on goal, much less find the back of [...]

You might have thought the New York Rangers’ lifeless power play couldn’t get any worse. Well, the Blueshirts found new depths of ineptitude on the man-advantage in their Game 1 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Somehow, the Rangers’ most glaring weakness has gotten worse after going 2-for-28 against the [...]

The scorching Washington Capitals come into Game One of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals as the NHL’s hottest team. Washington finished the regular season with a 15-2-2 record and much of that success was due to superstar captain Alex Ovechkin carrying the Caps on his back. Ovechkin finished the regular season with a league-best 32 goals [...]

It wasn’t about payback or revenge for the Rangers on Sunday. None of the Blueshirts expressed any delight after eliminating the Devils from playoff contention following their 4-1 victory at Madison Square Garden. This Rangers team is too focused on the task at hand to pause and reflect on seeing the Devils’ season go down [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. (Apr. 3, 2013) – The old adage is that a good first impression is everything. Well, on Thursday, newly-acquired forwards Ryane Clowe and Derick Brassard, and defenseman John Moore, combined for eight points in their Broadway debuts, as the New York Rangers routed the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-1, in an Atlantic Division clash [...]

A point is a point, John Tortorella reasoned, and “that’s what we are playing for now.” Those words best describe what this abbreviated season is all about, and why the Rangers’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Washington Capitals at the Garden isn’t the worst news thus far in this very up-and-down season. Thus, when Nicklas [...]

With Marc Staal out indefinitely due to a right eye injury, someone of the Rangers’ blue line needed to step up their game and take on a heavier load. Michael Del Zotto’s puck-moving talents and offensive gifts are obvious to the eye, so it’s easy to pick apart his game when he’s not scoring goals [...]

On Wednesday afternoon, the New York Rangers claimed Washington Capitals’ defenseman Roman Hamrlik off waivers. It’s a move that will have major ramifications for the Blueshirts.  The Rangers will absorb Hamrlik’s $3.5 million cap hit, a number that isn’t very cap friendly.  What they’re gaining is a 38-year old defenseman whose skills are eroding and [...]

Tuesday night after their fourth straight loss to Winnipeg at Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers were discussing the energy they displayed in the third period. They came up short and said it was a matter of time to get back in the win column. Partly due to injuries, Rick Nash in particular, there [...]

Around coast-to-coast NHL markets and to a lesser degree among Rangers fans, Ryan Callahan is viewed foremost as a grinder and all-effort workhorse. While it is a huge compliment for Callahan to be classified as one of the league’s hardest-working players, that reputation sometimes overshadows the level of skill that Callahan brings to the Rangers [...]