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Rangers Can’t Solve Rask; Lose 2-1 to Bruins
The Boston Bruins capitalized on a pair of Ranger breakdowns in the second period and received a tremendous performance from Tuukka Rask en route to a 2-1 victory. The Rangers heavily outshot and...
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Rangers Sweat Out 3-2 Win Against Dallas
An insane effort from Henrik Lundqvist and two third period goals 37 seconds apart from Chris Kreider and John Moore catapulted the Rangers past an impressive Dallas Stars team to escape with a 3-2...
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Let’s Talk About Derek Stepan
Derek Stepan entered his fourth professional season with increased expectations for two reasons. First, he played at an elite level for most of last year’s 48-game season, racking up 44 points and...
View ArticlePavel Buchnevich Impressing Observers
Pavel Buchnevich’s play has been generating some buzz as of late, as he has established himself as a regular in the second best league in the world as an 18-year-old. NYR's Buchnevich as an 18 YO in...
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Lightning Shut Out the Rangers 5-0
The Tampa Bay Lightning snapped the Rangers six-game winning streak on the road, shutting out the Blueshirts 5-0. With the loss, the Rangers are back to a familiar .500 record at 12-12-0. Nikita...
View ArticleKreider’s Hat-Trick Spoils Tortorella’s Return to MSG
The Rangers powered past the Canucks by a score of 5-2 on the strength of Chris Kreider’s first career hat-trick and Cam Talbot’s 35-save performance in his MSG debut. After a series of timely saves by...
View ArticleGiving Benoit Pouliot More Time
When the Rangers signed Benoit Pouliot to a one-year deal for 1.3 million dollars this summer, I was excited that management had found a quality player at a bargain price. I had hoped that Pouliot, the...
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Rangers Let One Slip Away, Lose 4-3 to Devils
With a 4-3 loss in overtime, the Rangers’ nine-game homestand starts off on a sour note, as they let a two-goal lead slip away to the division rival Devils. Chris Kreider’s game-tying goal with 21.3...
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A Graphical Representation of the Rangers’ Struggles
The month of December has not been kind to the Rangers. They have earned just three points in the standings out of a possible 12, and have slipped to twelfth place in the Eastern Conference. The blame...
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Rangers Win First Shootout of Season, Beat Flames 4-3
It was looking like more of the same for the Rangers, falling behind 2-0 and 3-2 throughout the game. But they came from behind twice and came out ahead in their first shootout of the season to win...
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Visualizing Corsi and the Rangers
This post echoes the work done earlier today by Tyler Dellow and Cam Charron for the Jets and Canucks, respectively. The question stems from a blog post on Arctic Ice Hockey, which prompted Dellow to...
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Rangers Battle Back to Earn a Point, But Drop Shootout to Penguins
Brandon Sutter scored the lone goal in a five round shootout to give the Penguins a 4-3 win after the Rangers had scored two late third period goals to push the game to overtime. Just like the Calgary...
View ArticleNew Lines at Morning Skate
Pat Leonard tweeted out a new Ranger lineup following some roster reshuffling prior to midnight’s roster freeze. The lines and pairings are as follows: Nash – Stepan – Zuccarello Kreider – Brassard –...
View ArticleRangers Recall Conor Allen
The Rangers announced that they are recalling defenseman Conor Allen from Hartford following tonight’s game against Washington. Allen, 23, is currently in his first professional season after the...
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Penguins Outclass Rangers
2014 gets off to a rough start for the Rangers, who were never really in it tonight in a 5-2 loss against the class of the Eastern Conference. The game was effectively over with 39 minutes to play when...
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Rangers GVT Rankings Update #2
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted one of these, so it should be nice to look at the data now that we’re starting to work with a larger sample size. For a primer on GVT, check out this definition....
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Nash’s Late Goal Lifts Rangers Past Dallas
The story for tonight’s game is no doubt Rick Nash’s game-winning goal with 1:58 to go in regulation, giving the Rangers their first lead of the game. They held their ground in the final minutes to...
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The Rangers and Shot Quality
Through 46 games this season, just 6.2% of the Rangers shots during even strength play are finding the back of the net. That success rate is good enough for second-to-worst in the NHL, better than only...
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Rangers Steamroll Past Philadelphia
The Rangers scored goals early and often tonight on their way to earning a convincing 4-1 victory over the Flyers, leapfrogging their division rivals in the process and tying the Washington Capitals in...
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Rangers Score Four Unanswered to Surge Past Ottawa
The Rangers fell behind early in this one, but scored four unanswered goals en route to a convincing 4-1 road victory against the Ottawa Senators. Derek Stepan broke out in a big way this afternoon,...
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