Rangers 4, Flyers 0: Stephen Valiquette didn't really have to work for it, but he got his first career shutout. Even when the Flyers are hot and the Rangers are cold as ice, New York finds a way. Nigel Dawes, Petr Prucha, Chris Drury and Brendan Shanahan all scored. The Rangers hadn't won the road this year. Philadelphia had enjoyed a 12-2-1 streak. The Flyers are in first, but they are only five points ahead......

Rangers 4 Montreal 1: The Rangers finally had a game they could feel good about, thrashing the Canadiens easily at the Garden Saturday night. New York jumped out to an early lead after Chris Drury made the defensive play, cleared the puck and then slipped a backhand into the net off of the pretty feed from Hossa. Martin Straka scored later in the first to make it 2-0. New York doubled that lead in the......

Rangers 6, Maple Leafs 1: Nothing like making opponents pay dearly for their trips to the penalty box. The Rangers scored five of their six goals on the power play -- Blair Betts' icebreaker was the only even-strength goal -- and won their second straight game. This came against a Maple Leafs team that has struggled in the Northeast Division this season, but that won't bother Petr Prucha (two goals) or Jaromir jagr (one goal,......

Rangers 2, Devils 1 (SO): Petr Prucha did enough to finally earn a second "E" for his name. He set up the only goal in regulation and scored the only goal in the shootout. Scott Gomez struck against his former club. The Rangers had other chances, including Chris Drury's breakaway in overtime, so this win helped them sleep better at night. Islands 3, Penguins 2: This could have been a Pyhrric victory. Rick DiPietro got......

Buffalo 5 Rangers 2: The Sabres showed the depth and speed that made them the top seed in the Eastern Conference Wednesday night. Buffalo skated circles around the Rangers as they built 3-0 and 4-1 leads in the game behind a relentless attack. Henrik Lundqvist kept the Rangers in the game with 32 saves, but Ryan Miller was also up to the task. Miller made several great saves when it mattered and the Rangers......

Rangers 2 Islanders 1: Why did he do it? He had to know how important this game was and he had to know this wasn’t the time to take a penalty. So, why did Chris Simon decide to take a total cheap shot against Ryan Hollweg? Was it because Hollweg had checked him, cleanly we should note, into the boards? Was it because he has always been willing to mix it up in his career?......

Devils 2 Rangers 1: If this is truly the last time these teams meet in the Meadowlands, then both clubs have honored the last 25 years. While the calendar says February, the intensity reflected April or May as both teams battled until the end. New Jersey took the lead off of a goal by Brian Raflaski, but Petr Prucha tied things up late in the second period and after a fight, the teams came out......

Nets 116, Jazz 115: Just when the Nets thought their road trip couldn't get any crazier, it did. They'll take a come-from-behind win instead of a come-from-ahead loss, of course. Vince Carter hit a 30-footer at the buzzer, the last three of his 29 second-half points. With the win -- the fourth down-to-the-wire and the second buzzer-beatter game on the trip -- the Nets salvaged a 2-3 record on their Western swing. Things could have......

Rangers 3 Devils 2 (Shootout): New York and New Jersey put on a great show Tuesday night, playing an intense game that finished with an eight-round shootout. The Devils jumped out to an early lead off of a John Madden goal, but New York took a 2-1 lead in the third after Petr Prucha scored his ninth goal of the year. Thomas Pock was called for tripping with just under five minutes left and the......

-Knicks 118 Memphis 117 (Triple OT): New York almost wrecked their season in the first game. After building an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter, the Knicks let it slip away and found themselves in a contest of endurance. It wasn’t pretty most of the time, but the important thing is they found a way to win. Also important is that they won using only nine players (a rotation at last!) and with significant contributions......

The Rangers can’t seem to put good effort on the ice in consecutive games. After a great win over Phoenix on Saturday, New York was putrid Monday, losing 4-1 to the Kings. Any discussion of the teams’ problems has to start with the defense. Marek Malik and Dairus Kasparaitis look lost on the ice and both of them are making bad mistakes at bad times. Sandis Ozolinsh has never been known for his defense, so......

It looks like we have reached the crisis point of the Rangers’ season. Sunday they dropped their fifth game in a row, falling 3-2 in overtime to Atlanta. The loss was especially tough to take because of how well New York played in the first two periods of the game. At the end of the second period the Rangers had a 2-0 lead and had out shot Atlanta 27-13. Petr Prucha looked good coming back......

It seemed like history was going to repeat itself. Monday night the Rangers had taken a 2-0 lead only to see the Flyers score three-straight to beat them. Saturday, the Rangers took a 2-0 lead only to see the Flyers score three-straight, but that is where the pattern ended. This time, the Rangers clawed their way back and won the game 4-3 in overtime to take over first place in the Atlantic Division. Appropriately, the......

In the mid-90’s it was the best local rivalry we had. Both teams were among the NHL elite and ferociously battled each other whenever they met. Then the Rangers fell on hard times and the Devils kept wining. Last night the two teams squared off at the Garden and when it was over New York had beaten New Jersey 3-1 and snapped their nine-game winning streak. Darius Kasparaitis got things going by delivering a vicious......

He won’t win, but Henrik Lundqvist deserves consideration for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s top rookie. He is third in save percentage, fourth in goal against average and has 18 wins. His latest victory came last night in Pittsburgh as he made several great saves to backstop the Rangers to a 4-2 victory. Lundqvist would have had a shutout if not for a tough deflection off one of his defensemen and a mistake......

It was a night to pay tribute to one of the greatest hockey players to ever lace up skates, so it was fitting that another one of the all-time greats provided the winning goal. Long after the cheers for Mark Messier had died down, Jaromir Jagr scored just 14 seconds into overtime to give the Rangers a 5-4 victory over Edmonton. Perhaps the lengthy ceremony took something out of the Rangers because they started the......

As well as the Rangers have played this year; they have one glaring weakness that will stop them in the playoffs. They do not have a reliable goal scorer other than Jaromir Jagr. Yes, Petr Prucha has performed admirably, but he is only a rookie and tends to go hot and cold. Straka, Rucinsky and Rucchin are all talented, but they are better passers than finishers. When another team keys up to stop Jagr the......

The Rangers have hit their first rough patch of the season. After coming home from a successful road trip, they dropped one-goal games to Vancouver and Colorado before losing to New Jersey 3-1 last night. The loss leaves the Rangers with a one point lead over second place Philadelphia. Things started off well for the Rangers as Steve Ruchin scored on a great assist by Petr Prucha and the Rangers took a 1-0 lead deep......

The Rangers had an opportunity to gage themselves against a first place team Tuesday night and they showed they still have some work to do if they want to make an impact in the playoffs. Vancouver out hustled the Rangers in the first half of the game and then held on in the second half to earn a 3-2 win. Petr Prucha continued his torrid scoring pace netting both of the Rangers goals. Prucha’s development......

After suffering a brutal loss to the Capitals on Saturday, the Rangers bounced back on Monday night beating the Minnesota Wild 3-1 at the Garden. Petr Prucha scored twice on the power play and looks very comfortable with his promotion to the top line. Martin Rucinsky playing in his second game since coming back from a knee injury had three assists while Henrik Lundqvist stopped 22 shots. The win expands the Rangers division lead to......

The Rangers were losing 3-2 with six seconds left in the game when Dominic Moore got the puck behind the net. With no one to pass to, Moore did the only thing he could, try and bank the puck off of a player and hope for the best. The best happened as the puck deflected off of Jay Bouwmeester and into the net to force overtime and earn the Rangers a lucky point. No one......

The Rangers and Islanders played 65 minutes of hockey without resolution last night, so they engaged in the first ever shootout for both teams. Three players from each team took shots and when it was over the Islanders had the lone goal and a 3-2 victory. Rick DiPietro was the hero of the game for the Islanders stopping 32 shots, including 14 in the first period when the Rangers opened the game with several great......