Grabner, Hayes Score Two Goals Apiece As Rangers Top Flyers
The Rangers won for the fourth time in five games and moved 10 points ahead of the Flyers in the Metropolitan Division standings.
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The Rangers won for the fourth time in five games and moved 10 points ahead of the Flyers in the Metropolitan Division standings.
The Rangers came out flat and got exactly what they deserved.
Defenseman Nick Holden scored his eighth goal of the season for New York. Henrk Lundqvist stopped 15 shots in defeat.
When the Rangers have been at their best this season, it has been due to lightning two-way speed.
Chris Kreider had three goals for his first hat trick of the season, Henrik Lundqvist returned from a two-game absence for a milestone win and the New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Saturday night.
Do not let the misleading 6-3 final score fool you. If you dig beneath the sunny exterior of Thursday's road victory over the Arizona Coyotes, you will find recurrent defensive maladies afflicting the Rangers.
Special teams have been a strong point for the New York Rangers, and an Achilles heel for the Arizona Coyotes this season. That was the simple storyline in the Rangers' 6-3 win on Thursday at Gila River Arena.
When the Rangers aren't on top of their game, Derek Stepan digs deeper.
Nick Holden's third period goal put the Rangers up for good against the Senators Tuesday night.
Alain Vigneault has a big call to make to fix the Rangers' longest-standing issue.
A five-goal onslaught in the second period propelled the Minnesota Wild to a franchise record 10th straight victory as they defeated the New York Rangers 7-4 at Madison Square Garden on Friday night.
While the Rangers have gotten more athletic, faster and younger since last spring's playoff disappointment, an Achilles' heel remains. They do not possess a legitimate top-pairing right-handed defenseman.
New York had won three in a row and six of seven. It had allowed six goals combined in those seven games, with two shutouts, but ran into a Pittsburgh club that can be explosive.
Following a four-game benching, Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has responded with flat-out excellence. Are you really that surprised?
Heading into Sunday night's tilt with the Devils, goals had been hard to come for Rangers center Derek Stepan. The Blueshirts' 26-year-old alternate captain had just one in his previous 11 contests.
