Rangers Squeak Past Islanders 1-0 In OT
Dan Girardi provided the game winner as the Rangers edged the Islanders in overtime on Saturday night.
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Dan Girardi provided the game winner as the Rangers edged the Islanders in overtime on Saturday night.
If it's a playoff atmosphere you want, rest assured, you're going to get it and then some at the old barn off the Hempstead Turnpike soon enough.
Saturday's clash may be the most important regular-season meeting between the Rangers and Islanders in 10 years. And a defeat for either team could come with pitfalls.
The New York Rangers are one of the luckiest teams in all of sports. That may not sit right with Rangers fans, but in the unfair world of the NHL it's the Rangers who are getting the major break.
The You Can Play Project will conduct seminars at the NHL's rookie symposium and make its resources and personnel available to teams. Players will be able to seek counseling or ask questions regarding sexual orientation.
Mats Zuccarello's overtime-winning shootout goal could go a long way in determining how high the Rangers finish in the Eastern Conference.
Mats Zuccarello scored the lone goal in the shootout, and the New York Rangers overcame another two-goal performance by Toronto's Phil Kessel to beat the Maple Leafs 3-2 on Wednesday night.
"Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium are being discussed as possible venues with the Kings and Rangers as host teams, according to two league executives and a television executive familiar with the planning," Newsday wrote on Monday night.
Phil Kessel scored twice to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Monday night to open an important home-and-home series between the Eastern Conference rivals.
Derek Stepan and Ryan Callahan scored 31 seconds apart, and Rick Nash added a goal and an assist during the Rangers' three-goal second period. Brian Boyle added an empty-netter just before the buzzer.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 34 shots and then stoned Rick Nash, Mats Zuccarello and Ryan Callahan in the shootout as Pittsburgh snapped a two-game losing streak following a 15-game winning run with a 2-1 win over the Rangers on Friday.
In the last 48 hours, the Rangers have completely revamped their team -- not only for the playoff push, but moving forward for next season.
There may be Rangers fans who want to look at Wednesday's 6-1 victory over the Penguins and say everything has been fixed. Don't believe it for a minute.
John Tortorella's system requires a certain type of player. The "new" deeper Rangers fit Tortorella like a glove and proved it by beating the Penguins 6-1.
Ryane Clowe, Derick Brassard and John Moore injected instant offense just hours after being acquired by the Rangers, and New York scored a season-high three power-play goals in a 6-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.
