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Boyle gets Rangers off on the right foot
PITTSBURGH — If there was one overriding theme to the Rangers and Penguins preparation for Tuesday night’s Game 7 it was about scoring the first goal. Much of the pregame...
Rangers ready for Bruins or Canadiens
PITTSBURGH — So it’s the Bruins or the Canadiens, and either way, the Rangers know they will have their hands full. With their 2-1 Game 7 win over the Penguins...
After gritty comeback, Rangers now can dream big
PITTSBURGH — George Bernard Shaw famously observed that some men see things as they are and say why. Henrik Lundqvist entered the playoffs asking: “Why not?” Two days before the...
Rangers win Game 7 over Penguins
PITTSBURGH — High-pitched cheers echoed through the hallway, carried around one corner, and up another. There were yelps and hollers and a collective release of emotion from the Rangers locker...
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...
Rangers out to force Game 7 for mourning St. Louis
There was a swell of emotion and inspiration for one game, and it kept the Rangers’ season afloat. Now, the depth of that motivation will be tested. And what awaits...
Riding the wave from grief to glory
PITTSBURGH — Martin St. Louis has been part of the Rangers family for just over two months. But when tragedy struck, St. Louis chose to stand with this family and...
Are boobirds the soundtrack of Nash's Rangers exit?
PITTSBURGH — The Game 4 debacle at the Garden did not take place in a vacuum, and neither will Game 5 here on Friday night. Even as the Blueshirts focus...
Despite Game 1 victory, Rangers still struggling with man advantage
PITTSBURGH — In the pressure cooker of the playoffs, the smallest problem can grow until it’s all anyone is talking about. So here are the Rangers, sitting in a room...
Instead of disastrous ouster, chance for real Rangers Cup run
Maybe now the hardest part is over for the Rangers. Maybe now that they have disposed of the aggravating and agitating Flyers — who always seem like an annoying sibling...
Rangers beat Flyers in Game 7, Penguins up next
The poster is about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide, and it has been hanging in the Rangers’ locker room now for over a week. A vacant cutout of...
Power play fizzles again for reeling Rangers
PHILADELPHIA — When this first-round playoff series between the Rangers and Flyers began, one of the key subplots was the Flyers’ concern about the potent Rangers power play. The Flyers...
Rangers want to act desperate -- even when they're not
PHILADELPHIA — With all that has led up to this moment, with all of the work and battling it has taken for both the Rangers and Flyers to get to...
Rangers one win from second round after taking Game 5 from Flyers
So now the Rangers are face-to-face with a task with which they have a gnarled history, a situation in which they have failed repeatedly and seen it come back to...
Vigneault's demeanor a cool change for Rangers
Things are different with the Rangers this postseason, and no one will deny it. Under first-year coach Alain Vigneault, the Blueshirts have begun to develop a new demeanor, one that...
Composed play paying off for Rangers fireplug Carcillo
PHILADELPHIA — It was Tuesday morning on the ice at Wells Fargo Center, and Brad Richards sidled up on one knee next to Dan Carcillo. Unbeknownst to those watching, Richards...
Goal caps big day for Rangers' St. Louis
PHILADELPHIA — Hours after he was announced as one of the finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy — which is awarded to the NHL player who has “exhibited the best...
Rangers need to adjust attitude, not lineup, for Game 3
PHILADELPHIA — So now that Brad Richards admitted the Flyers not only won Sunday’s hockey game but the Hunger Game as well, one can be assured the Rangers have addressed...
Rangers let Flyers impose their will in Game 2
One by one, the Rangers stood in the losing locker room at the Garden — that would be their own — and spoke as if reading from a script. One...
Rangers roll past chippy Flyers for Game 1 win
This was all supposed to be about discipline, and it turned out to be about gravity. That’s because as Flyers rookie Jason Akeson fell to the Garden ice midway through...