The Super Bowl wasn't the only event involving local teams on Sunday — there were also two hockey games. At Madison Square Garden, the Rangers defeated the Flyers, 5-2, for the fourth consecutive time this season and the sixth time in a row going back to last season. In a physical game with four fights, the Rangers pulled away from a 2-2 tie with Philadelphia by scoring three goals in the 3rd period. more ›

Despite leading for much of the game, the Knicks fell to the Celtics 91-89. Both Amar'e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler had double-doubles, but the Boston defense stifled the Knicks down the stretch and cut off Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. He led the Knicks with 26 points. The Knicks have lost 11 of 13 games. more ›

The Knicks kicked off a stretch of three games in three nights by almost beating the Bulls. New York had several shots at tying the game in the waning seconds, but couldn't connect and Chicago prevailed 104-102. Amar'e may have had his best game of the season, scoring 34 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Carmelo poured in 26, but had another off night shooting, hitting only 10-for-26. The defense didn't show up again as Chicago shot 52% from the field. New York faces Boston tonight on the road. more ›

Ryan Callahan grew up in Rochester, just down the road from Buffalo. Wednesday he celebrated his homecoming with the winning goal in the shootout to propel the Rangers to a 1-0 win over the Sabres. Callahan's heroics might not have mattered if not for an outstanding night in the pipes by Henrik Lundqvist. Lundqvist stopped all 34 shots he faced and made two amazing saves with time running out in regulation and overtime. The win gives the Rangers three points in four nights and keeps them atop the Eastern Conference. more ›

Knicks 113, Pistons 86: With Carmelo Anthony back in the lineup, the Knicks were able to snap a three-game losing streak. Anthony had 25 points and 6 assists (!!) in the win, New York's second in its last eleven games. Luckily, they were playing Detroit, one of the teams with a more dismal record (4-19) than the Knicks (8-13). more ›

GOAL! The rumors were (sort of) true! Hockey is really coming to Brooklyn...for at least one game. Yup, despite concerns that the Barclays Center was too small for regulation hockey, the much-maligned Atlantic Yards stadium has announced that on October 2, 2012 the Islanders are going to play the New Jersey Devils. In Brooklyn! more ›

John Tavares entered Monday with a 12-game points streak, but the Islanders didn't score a goal in a 3-0 loss to Toronto. So ends the longest such streak in the NHL this season. The Islanders also saw their run of three straight wins snapped. Toronto scored first 1:37 into the game and never looked back. more ›

Nuggets 119, Knicks 114 (2 OT): When Mike D'Antoni and Knicks fans looked at the Denver Nuggets on the floor of Madison Square Garden, they saw what could have been — a young team thriving behind players that were in New York just a season ago. Instead, the team that graces The Garden is 6-10 and struggling under the bloated contract and horrid shooting of Carmelo Anthony. Former Knicks Danilo Gallinari (37 points) and Al Harrington (24 points) both lit up their former team. As for Carmelo? He had a double double (25 points, 10 rebounds), but was just 10 of 30 in field goal attempts. Oh, what could have been. more ›

The victim of a brutal beating following a Ranger-Flyers hockey game earlier this year spoke to NBC New York about the ordeal. NJ cop and Iraq War veteran Neal Auricchio showed where his orbital bone was broken—and also his still-bloodied eye—and described the altercation outside of Geno's Steaks, "They grabbed my friend's hat, threw a cigarette in it, threw one at me." more ›

The NJ man accused of viciously beating two Rangers fans after the Rangers-Flyers game in Philadelphia is back in custody, after a judge raised his bail from $100,000 to $400,000. more ›

Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves for the shutout as the Rangers took care of the Predators, 3-0. The victors got one goal in each period. Dan Girardi scored in the first and then John Mitchell and Ryan Callahan (empty-netter) followed suit. The Rangers, who had lost two of three, including one to the lowly Canadiens, looked much sharper Garden on Tuesday. They have Pittsburgh on Thursday before a trip to the defending champion Bruins on Saturday. more ›

Carmelo Anthony was woeful from the field, shooting 9-for-27 and the Knicks had a terrible fourth quarter as they fell to Orlando 102-93. New York also didn't play much defense, allowing Orlando to shoot over 50% from the field. The loss drops New York to 6-7 which is still good enough for 2nd place in the Atlantic Division. more ›

The Rangers returned to their winning ways after a loss to Ottawa the other night. New York dominated Toronto, out-shooting them 30-20 as they cruised to a 3-0 victory. Marty Biron pitched the shutout while Mike Rupp, Brian Boyle and Derek Stepan had the Rangers' goals. more ›

After winning five straight and 10 of 11, the Rangers appeared to miss a beat in a 3-0 loss to Ottawa. They had 34 shots on goal, but they were all saved by Craig Anderson. This was the fourth time this season the Rangers had a five game winning streak. That's why they entered Thursday leading the league in points. more ›

Rarely do the Knicks win a low-scoring affair. But that's just what they did Wednesday in an 85-79 win over the 76ers that snapped Philadelphia's six-game winning streak. They got excellent production from Carmelo Anthony (27 points and nine rebounds) and Amare Stoudemire (20 and 10). Anthony wasn't too efficient, shooting only 9-for-24 from the floor, but the Knicks will take it. The Knicks shot 22 3-pointers but only made six of them. That's OK. They visit Memphis on Thursday. more ›

When they visited Phoenix, the Rangers won on a last-second goal. On Tuesday at the Garden, they needed a shootout for a 2-1 win over the Coyotes. Derek Stepan scored in the sixth round, and Henrik Lundqvist then stopped Shane Doan (he of the last-minute hat trick against the Islanders) to finish the game. Ruslan Fedotenko scored the first goal of the game early in the third period, but the Rangers gave the lead back and had to win after overtime was over. They have their best start since their Stanley Cup season in 1994 and have a league-best 58 points. more ›

Every NBA team has a tightly packed schedule this season, and the Knicks finished a stretch of three games in four nights. But building a 29-poitn lead against the Pistons helped them rest Carmelo Anthony in the fourth quarter of a 103-80 win over the Pistons. Amare Stoudemire had 22 points to lead everyone, and Mike Bibby had 16 points off the bench. more ›

The Knicks did everything they could, but even they couldn't lose to a pathetic Washington club. Carmelo Anthony hit a huge three-pointer with 15 seconds left to give the Knicks a one-point lead and they held on for a 99-96 victory. Anthony scored 37 points while Amar'e added 23, but only shot 9-for-21 from the field. The defense had another off night as they allowed Washington to shoot over 48% from the field. more ›

With a 3-2 overtime win over the Panthers, the Rangers now have the most points in the NHL. Marian Gaborik scored 3:29 into overtime after an assist from Derek Stepan and helped make a winner out of Martin Biron, who has started four of the last nine games. Anton Stralman and Ryan Callahan had the other goals for the Rangers, who outshot Florida, 41-21. The Rangers took a lead 4:24 into the third period but gave it back 36 seconds later. Bill Clinton was in attendance and caught a puck that was thrown to him. He must have Time Warner Cable and be unable to watch the Rangers at home. more ›

Philadelphia police have released a video of Flyers fans beating up Rangers fans after Monday's Winter Classic outside of Geno's Steaks! One of the victims was Neal Auricchico, an off-duty NJ cop and former Marine, whose father said, "He got banged up pretty badly. "Stitches in the one eye, and the other eye is pretty puffed up. He went for a CAT scan today, and we're waiting for the results on that." more ›

Amar'e Stoudemire and Iman Shumpert returned to the Knicks' lineup on Wednesday, and they gave the offense a boost. But they didn't help the defense in 118-110 loss to Charlotte. Stoudemire, who missed two games with a sprained ankle, had 25 points and 12 rebounds. Shumpert, expected to be out much longer after hurting his knee on Christmas, had 18 points off the bench. Carmelo Anthony had 32, but most of those were in garbage time. Charlotte shot 55.3 percent from the floor and made seven of 11 3-pointers. more ›

Thanks to the dispute between Time Warner and MSG, fans of the Islanders who live in New York City didn't get to see their team come from behind and beat Carolina 4-3 in a shootout.. Frans Niesen tied things up at 2 with a goal early in the third period, but Carolina went ahead 3-2 with under 5 minutes left in the game. Kyle Okposo earned the Islanders a point by tying things up with a goal at the 18:30 mark of the third period. In the shootout PA Paranteau and Frans Nielsen scored while Evgeni Nabokov allowed only one goal to earn the win. more ›

A sprained ankle kept Amar'e Stoudemire out, but the Knicks had no trouble defeating the Kings in a 114-92 rout in California's state capital. Carmelo Anthony led the way with 23 points, and he had help from Landry Fields (21) and Tyson Chandler (22 points and seven rebounds). The Knicks salvaged the final game of their three-game trip on the West Coast. They will they will not travel farther than San Antonio in the rest of this lockout shortened season. Stoudemire is day to day, but given his slow start, the team may not miss him as much as people think. more ›

Before playing the Flyers outside on Monday, the Rangers got their licks against the Panthers with a 4-1 win at Florida. Carl Hagelin scored his third goal in his last four games and added an assist to back Henrik Lundqvist, who made 27 saves. Hagelin didn't waste any time, either -- he scored 35 seconds into the game. Brad Richards, Michael Del Zotto and Brandon Dubinsky also scored. The Rangers have won six of seven and will play at Citizens Bank Park (home of the Phillies) on Monday. Ryan McDonagh had two assists. The Rangers have an Eastern Conference-best 50 points. more ›

With a 99-82 loss in Los Angeles, the Knicks have now dropped nine straight games to the Lakers. Kobe Bryant, who said he enjoys his rivalry with Carmelo Anthony because he always wins, had 28 points but didn't key the fourth-quarter surge that blew the game open. Pau Gasol had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Anthony had 27 as he couldn't prevent the Knicks from falling to 1-2. Amar'e Stoudemire had 14 points. "The Lakers were good, and we're awful," Mike D'Antoni said. That's the second straight game the head coach has used that adjective. The Knicks play the Kings next. more ›

Yet again, the Rangers had a winning streak snapped. That's becoming a theme this season. (But that's not really a bad thing.) They fell, 4-1, in Washington in a playoff rematch. Marian Gaborik, who had scored in each of the Rangers' five wins, did not have a goal in this game. Brandon Dubinsky scored for only the third time this season toat ward the end of the first period. The Rangers fell behind for good when Ryan McDonagh helped screen Martin Biron on Troy Brouwer's tiebreaking goal. Biron made 23 saves while giving Henrik Lundqvist a rest. more ›