benoit pouliot

Kreider gets high praise from teammates after strong Game 5

Chris Kreider caught a little bit of criticism from his coach after his first game back, and caught an equal amount of praise after his second. The 23-year-old winger had...

Mistakes don’t get Pouliot benched by Rangers

Apparently, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault had seen enough good from Benoit Pouliot over the course of the season that a couple of boneheaded mistakes didn’t get the winger a permanent...

Coach's shuffle yields strong Pouliot-Brassard-Zuccarello line

It’s the small things that win playoff games, so as the Rangers prepare for their eighth postseason berth in the past nine years, a small matchup discrepancy might be one...

Brad Richards' two power-play goals propel Rangers

This might be one ripped from the pages of the textbook on how to prepare a team for the playoffs — a touch of adversity, and tons of good feeling....

Rangers goalie Talbot shaky in loss to Capitals

WASHINGTON -- Alain Vigneault’s calculated risk failed, and now the Rangers coach presumably will turn back to Henrik Lundqvist after going with Cam Talbot for Friday night’s 3-2 defeat to...

Rangers find another gear in win over Wild

The Wild had come from their self-anointed State of Hockey that’s Minnesota while the Rangers were simply in a state of confusion midway through the first period, already trailing 1-0...

Kreider one of few Rangers producing

The Rangers most productive forward lately began the year in the minors, was hardly used last season and now the scuffling Blueshirts would be lost without him. Chris Kreider has...

Rangers aren't the same since Brandon Prust bolted

Intellectually and economically, there wasn’t any doubt then and there isn’t any doubt now the Rangers took the prudent course of action on July 1, 2012, when they did not...

Recalled Miller in for Pouliot

The window of opportunity for Benoit Pouliot with the Rangers is quickly beginning to close. For the first time this season, Pouliot was made a healthy scratch in the Rangers’...

Rangers finally jump over .500 mark

Let’s stipulate Sunday’s 4-3 victory over the Panthers at the Garden will never see the light of day in a Rangers Classic Marathon on MSG Network, but at the same...

Vigneault wants Talbot to play 15-to-22 games

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cam Talbot has allowed two goals in each of his first four Rangers’ and NHL starts in goal. When the 26-year-old got the assignment against the Blue...

Rangers roll past East-leading Penguins

This might not have been the clearest night for a declaration of who the Rangers will be. But it certainly said a lot about who they are not. They are...

Rangers' early miscues exploited by powerful Ducks

These weren’t the Candy Canes, the sad sack Sabres or even the Islanders, the teams against whom the Rangers had constructed their three-game winning streak.Instead at the Garden on Monday...

Tough schedule has contributed to Rangers' start

Although the Rangers might be hesitant to admit it, their early-season record has been somewhat dictated by their schedule. Normalcy has been restored with the opening of the renovated Garden...

Vigneault sends message to scoreless forwards

WASHINGTON — The Rangers weren’t sending a message so much as correcting specific perceived flaws in exchanging Arron Asham and Martin Biron for J.T. Miller and Cam Talbot. But coach...