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Fox’s goal in overtime lifts the Rangers past the Flyers in old-fashioned shootout

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Derek

For two periods, the score was normal. Then, came a wild and wacky third period that was totally unpredictable. In what turned into an old fashioned shootout, the Rangers edged the Flyers 6-5 in overtime on Tuesday night at The … Continue reading →

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Rangers hold off Flyers to tie franchise record winning streak at 10 games

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Derek

On Saturday afternoon, the Rangers held off the Flyers literally to tie the franchise record winning streak at 10 games. In what amounted to a hard-nosed game that included a popcorn fight between Matt Rempe and Nicolas Deslauriers, they were … Continue reading →

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HARD HITS: Flyers A Holiday Surprise Under Tortorella

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Derek

By show of hands, who had the Philadelphia Flyers sitting in second place in the Metropolitan Division a week before Christmas? Unless you’re Gritty, the answer is probably nobody. On a football Sunday in mid-December, the rebuilding Flyers are 17-10-3 … Continue reading →

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HARD HITS: Retirements of Bergeron, Krejci impact Bruins, The Metro Division continues to improve, Pens’ addition of Karlsson should make it tougher

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Derek

In the dog days of summer, news isn’t as busy for hockey. However, with the recent retirements of Bruins’ legends Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci, there’s a big opportunity for some teams who missed the playoffs last season. Boston subtracted … Continue reading →

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Tkachuk and Senators ruin Kane’s Broadway debut, Rangers outplayed in third, Motte leaves game with possible head injury, Tarasenko tallies again in loss

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Derek

Twenty-four hours after waiting to make his Broadway debut, Patrick Kane put on the freshly minted Blueshirt with his number 88 on it. The future Hall Of Famer played in his first game as a New York Ranger. Patrick Kane … Continue reading →

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Kreider’s exciting overtime goal allows Shesterkin to get shutout in a great goalie duel with Hart

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Derek

If you love goaltending, then tonight was your kind of hockey game. For over 64 minutes, nobody could score on either goalie. It was indeed an old fashioned goalie duel between Carter Hart and Igor Shesterkin at MSG. For most … Continue reading →

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Third period comeback gets Rangers a point in disappointing shootout loss to woeful Flyers, Jones outplays Shesterkin, defensive issues a concern

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Derek

No matter what way you slice it, this wasn’t good enough. Not when you’re coming off a lifeless performance in a shutout loss to the Islanders. Not after the coach called out his players and even made it a point … Continue reading →

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Zibanejad’s power play goal with 16 seconds left gives Rangers well deserved one-goal win over Lightning, Blueshirts sweep season series from champs, Bruins and Panthers make big moves

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Derek

For most of the night, the Rangers were powerless against the Lightning penalty kill. Given one more opportunity late in regulation, they made the most of it. Mika Zibanejad’s power play goal with 16 seconds left in regulation gave the … Continue reading →

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Kreider again stars in good win over Panthers to go into break the right way, Strome stands up as Rangers respond to coach’s challenge

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Derek

If this were a summary of the first half, then the Rangers certainly followed the script. In what was a good win to enter the long break, they defeated the Eastern leading Panthers 5-2 at The Garden. The character building … Continue reading →

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Devils de-claw Panthers at the Rock

Posted on November 10, 2021 by hasan4978

Coming back from a moderately successful West Coast trip, the omens weren’t great for the Devils before tonight’s game. Personally, I almost forgot I was going to the game tonight – which I didn’t exactly take as a good sign … Continue reading →

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