Flyers Clinch Playoff Birth, Giroux Scores 1st Hat Trick In Win Over Rangers
The Rangers (34-39-9), who are out of the postseason for the first time since 2009-10, ended their regular season with their ninth loss in the last 11.
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The Rangers (34-39-9), who are out of the postseason for the first time since 2009-10, ended their regular season with their ninth loss in the last 11.
The team announced the move Saturday night and will begin searching for his replacement immediately.
The New Jersey Devils have moved to the brink of their first playoff berth since 2012 by forgetting the big picture and concentrating on the little things.
Before the game, the Rangers played a video tribute honoring Ryan McDonagh, Girardi and Miller.
Kevin Hayes and Ryan Spooner scored New York's goals as it outshot Washington 37-33 in its first contest since being eliminated from the playoff hunt.
Lias Andersson scored in his NHL debut and Mats Zuccarello added a goal for the Rangers.
Jimmy Vesey had two goals and an assist, Alexandar Georgiev stopped 43 shots, and the New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 Saturday night.
Travis Konecny scored twice, Claude Giroux had three assists and Philadelphia beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Thursday night.
Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky have the surging Columbus Blue Jackets in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Brayden Schenn scored 1:02 into overtime, Alex Pietrangelo had two goals in regulation and the St. Louis Blues came back to beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night.
On the winner, Zibanejad took a nice pass from Kreider and snuck a wrist shot past Penguins goalie Casey DeSmith for his 100th career goal.
Backup goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 41 saves for his second win of the season.
The league-leading Lightning can blitz any NHL team, and they had little trouble with the last-place Rangers on Thursday night.
The 19-year-old star had been the youngest ever with three hat tricks — getting there at 18 years, 302 days — but it had been over a year since his last three-goal game.
Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider and Paul Carey scored for the Rangers, who swept a three-game road trip to Western Canada that followed their seven-game losing streak.
