Given the Rangers' success against the Bruins, Sunday's game seemed like a good bet for the Blueshirts to pick up at least a point -- and the Atlantic Division crown. A 2-1 loss ended a five-game winning streak against Boston and delayed the Rangers' securing of the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. One point from any of their final three games will do that. Marian Gaborik scored his 40th goal of the season four minutes, 33 seconds into the game, but Tim Thomas held them at bay the rest of the game. He made 33 saves in all. more ›

No Jeremy Lin, no Amare Stoudemire, no problem! At least not against the Cleveland Cavs. Despite missing two of their best players for yet another game, the were able to beat the Cavs 91-75. It was announced before the game that Lin would be out six weeks because of knee surgery and Stoudemire is still out with a bulging disk in his back. Saturday night, it was JR Smith who stepped up the scoring, leading the team with 20 points off the bench. Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points and Tyson Chandler scored 14 and had 12 rebounds. For now, New York is holding onto the final playoff spot, 2.5 games ahead of Milwaukee. more ›

If the Rangers do in fact wrap up the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, they'll owe the Islanders a thank you. For the second time in three nights, the Rangers' rivals took care of their closest competitors, this time by a 5-3 score. The Rangers now lead the Penguins by five points with five games each to play. Marty Reasoner, Kyle Okposo (twice) and Josh Bailey (twice, including an empty-netter) scored for the Islanders, who started the night in 13th place in the conference. more ›

It was a strange night of hockey for Rangers' fans as they found themselves rooting not only for the Blueshirts, but also pulling for the Islanders. The reason of course was that the Islanders were facing Pittsburgh, the team that entered the night only a point behind the Rangers for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. more ›

With their 5-2 loss to the Penguins, the Devils let Pittsburgh within one point of the Eastern Conference-leading Rangers. Zach Parise and Ilya Kovalchuk had the goals. The Devils are 1-3-1 in their last five games. more ›

They haven't played their best hockey lately, but the Rangers still managed to beat the Maple Leafs, 4-3, after a shootout on Saturday. The win and Pittsburgh's loss to Ottawa leaves the Rangers up by three points on the Penguins, who have a game in hand. Captain Ryan Callahan had the decisive goal in the shootout after the Rangers rallied from deficits of 1-0 and 2-1 and wasted a 3-2 lead after holding it for all of 18 seconds. Marian Gaborik (twice) and Brandon Dubinsky scored in regulation. more ›

Sidney Crosby returned, Henrik Lundqvist didn't and the Penguins beat the Rangers 5-2. Pittsburgh had a 3-1 lead in the second, but Marian Gaborik netted his 35th of the year to bring the Rangers within one. Stu Bickel was assessed with a four-minute double minor and Pittsburgh scored just as it expired to take a 4-2 lead. They added a goal later in the third and now trail the Rangers by only four points for the Eastern Conference lead. more ›

The Rangers jumped out to a 3-0 lead against Carolina before eventually winning 4-2. The Hurricanes scored two second-period goals to pull within one, but New York was able to add another goal in the third to secure the game. Marian Gaborik got the Rangers started, scoring his 34th goal of the season, Brad Richards scored the next two goals (he now has four goals in two games) and Carl Hagelin scored the team's final goal. Martin Biron, in for a sick Henrik Lundqvist, had 27 saves in the win. Next up for the Rangers are the Penguins in a showdown atop the Eastern Conference. more ›

Pittsburgh had already won by the time the Rangers hit the ice Sunday leaving the Rangers with a two-point lead in the Atlantic Division. So, this was a game they really had to win and they did, beating the Islanders 4-3 in overtime and showing a lot of grit along the way. Throughout the game, the Islanders kept taking leads and the Rangers kept tying things up. John Tavares put the Islanders up 1-0, but Brad Richard tied things up. Matt Moulson put them up again and once again, Brad Richards tied things up. Andrew MacDonald put the Islanders up 3-2 at the end of 2, but Brian Boyle tied things up in the third. But, Travis Hamonic hooked Carl Hagelin in OT and the Rangers took advantage with Marian Gaborik scoring with 6 seconds left to win the game. more ›

What started as a boring game had quite the exciting finish. John Tavares scored his 27th goal of the season six minutes, 46 seconds into the third period. That looked like it would be enough until the Devils scored twice -- and 14 seconds apart -- in the game's final two minutes for a 2-1 win. That hurts. David Clarkson (No. 28 at 18:21) and then Marek Zidlicky (No. 1 at 18:35). That goal came on a power play that resulted from a P.A. Parenteau boarding penalty. This was the third time the two teams played in a week, and the Devils won the last two. more ›

The Rangers don't lose two straight games too often. In fact, they had not dropped consecutive games since Dec. 13-15. But they fell, 4-1, in Ottawa, on Thursday despite scoring first. Ryan Callahan put them in front with a first-period goal. Then Martin Biron let in three before Ottawa put the game away with an empty-netter. The Rangers have three games in four days, so Henrik Lundqvist got the day off. He'll play Friday. more ›

The Rangers displayed their characteristic grit in a thrilling game with Boston that they won 4-3. The Rangers jumped out to a 2-0 lead, despite being outplayed, thank to goals from Ruslan Fedotenko and Carl Hagelin. Boston tied things up before the end of the second period as they blitzed Henrik Lundqvist with 24 shots. With the game tied at 3, the Derek Stepan scored his 14th goal of the year to give New York the win. The Rangers now have 91 points, good for a ten-point lead in the Eastern Conference. more ›

John Tavares deflected a Matt Moulson shot to break a 2-2 tie and the Islanders went on to win 3-2 over Boston. Tavares' goal was his 26th of the year and his second point of the game. Moulson also had two points as he scored the second goal of the game, his 28th of the year. Evgeni Nabokov had another strong game in the pipes, stopping 32-of-34 shots. more ›

The Rangers' mini slump is behind them. A 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes gives them 88 points this season. That is tied for the best in the NHL (the Canucks also have 88) and is nine points better than anyone in the Eastern Conference. Marian Gaborik had a goal (his 30th this season) and an assist to back Martin Biron, who made 21 saves. Artem Anisimov opened the scoring and Brandon Prust scored the third goal, a strike that would prove critical when Carolina scored in the game's final minute. Captain Ryan Callahan did not play. He has a bruised foot. more ›

In what could have been their most exciting game all season, the Nets beat the Mavericks, 93-92, in Dallas. Brook Lopez, who missed the first six weeks of the season, had 38 points and hit the tying and go-ahead free throws in the game's final minute. The Nets had not won in Dallas since 2000 (so they had lost 11 straight games there). Dallas had only 14 points in the fourth quarter and missed its first 13 shots in the period. Gerald Green had 10 points in 18 minutes in his Nets debut. He had signed a 10-day contract earlier Tuesday. Deron Williams had a quiet 12 points on 3-of-15 shooting. more ›

After a 9-1-1 stretch, the Devils have now lost two straight despite goals from Alexei Ponikarovsky, Petr Sykora and Zach Parise in a 4-3 loss to the Lightning. Ponikarovsky scored to give the Devils a lead, and after two second-period goals, Sykora tied the game, but a Martin St. Louis hat trick ended any thoughts of a home win. more ›

The Islanders-Rangers game shouldn't have gone into overtime. The Islanders had two 2-goal leads (2-1 and 3-1), but were unable to prevent the Rangers from tying the game before the end of regular time. After a scoreless overtime, the Isles won the game 4-3 after the shootout. In addition to a goal in the first period, Matt Moulson scored in the fourth round of the shootout before Evgeni Nabokov stopped the Rangers John Mitchell to win the game. PA Parenteau had two goals for the Islanders in the win. The Rangers have now lost three of their last four games. more ›

After an off-night Friday, Jeremy Lin didn't want to have two lackluster games in a row. He didn't. The NBA's February sensation scored 28 points and added 14 assists as the Knicks took down the Mavericks, 104-97. The Knicks trailed by as many as 12 in the third quarter but didn't panic. Lin, who had nine turnovers Friday, was back to his old tricks Sunday against the NBA's defending champions. Steve Novak had 14 points (including 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point land). Amare Stoudemire had 11 points but wasn't a major factor. J.R. Smith had 15 points in his Knicks debut and said he was surprised at the role he played. Carmelo Anthony could return Monday against the Nets. He's missed the last seven games, six of them Knicks wins. more ›

The Rangers got blown out in the first period Thursday and couldn't recover as they fell to Chicago 4-2. Things started badly only one minute into the game when Dan Girardi was whistled for covering the puck in the crease, an automatic penalty shot. Chicago converted and added three more goals before the period was halfway over to take a 4-0 lead. Marc Staal and Carl Hagelin scored to make things competitive, but that was as close as the Rangers got. more ›

Less than 24 hours after a win over the Flyers, the Rangers took the ice against the Washington Capitals. Another game, another two points, this time from a 3-2 victory. Ryan Callhan opened the scoring in the first period, and Ryan McDonagh broke a tie with 6:39 left in the second period. Brandon Prust, who hadn't scored in 48 games, scored a short-handed goal in the third period, and the Rangers held on after giving one back. In the race for the top spot in the Eastern Conference, they have a seven-point advantage over the Bruins, whom they play Tuesday. more ›

Looks like the legend of Lin grows a little more. One night after defeating Kobe Bryant and the Lakers in New York, the Knicks went on the road to face the Timberwolves. Billed as a battle between dynamic point guards Ricky Rubio and Jeremy Lin, neither player was spectacular. But the Knicks and Lin were able to do just enough to win their fifth-straight game, defeating Minnesota, 100-98. Instead of heroics by Lin, this game was defined by the role his teammates played in the win. 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 ›

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 ›