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A week ago, it probably would have been a challenge to identify the Rangers’ best player to date. In responding to a question about Igor Shesterkin’s season, head coach Gerard Gallant said, “Igor has been our…

Noah Dobson had a goal and an assist, and Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves as the visiting New York Islanders won 4-2 over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night. Mathew Barzal recorded two assists, while Oliver…

Julien Gauthier isn’t hanging his hat on a couple of goals and impactful performances in recent games. The Rangers are in a precarious spot when it comes to the flat salary cap, under which the club has little…

Commercial Content 21+ Like a few other long shots, the Chicago Blackhawks have punched above their weight through the first month of the 2022-23 NHL season. The Hawks are not going to win any awards for starting…

Brennan Othmann, the Rangers’ 16th-overall pick in 2021, was traded from the Flint Firebirds to the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League on Saturday night.  In exchange for their captain, the…

Just over a month into his first season as captain of the Rangers, Jacob Trouba just had to laugh.  “We talked a lot before the year about how this season was going to be different to the…

It may have taken a while to get to their game, but the Rangers cruised to victory once they did. The Rangers snapped their three-game losing streak at home with a 4-1 win over the Coyotes on Sunday night at…

Brock Nelson scored 37 goals last season, which would take a lot to duplicate this time around, but the Islanders center played Saturday as if he could.  The 31-year-old scored twice in a 4-3 overtime win over…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mehrdad Zibanejad, the father of Rangers No. 1 center Mika Zibanejad, cannot fathom the fact that his son has played in more than 700 NHL games.  The elder Zibanejad didn’t even know about…

The Islanders still need to figure out how to start games well. But as far as finishing them, they got their mojo back on Saturday.  After a listless opening 25 minutes, the Islanders fought back for a 4-3…