The Rangers (30-26-4, 64 points) trail the Detroit Red Wings, holders of the second wild card in the East, by two points and are tied with the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins for ninth place. The Rangers are 3-1-0 in their past four games since an 8-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 22 and 14-7-3 since their nightmarish 4-15-0 skid.
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New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe is facing heavy criticism from NHL fans after his high elbow on Nashville Predators defenseman Nick Blankenburg on Sunday night. The hit, which came in the first period at Madison Square Garden, left Blankenburg shaken and led to an immediate fight between Rempe and Andreas Englund.
With the deadline just days away, that’s what we’re going to look at using the Stanley Cup Checklist. The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn created the Cup Checklist in 2020 to find common elements essential to a team’s success between a decade of champions.
The New York Rangers must follow up their convincing victory against Nashville Predators with one against New York Islanders 24 hours later.
The New York Rangers picked up a 5-1 win over the New York Islanders last night. With the win, they now sit two points back of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
NEW YORK - There are very few teams around the NHL who have fallen out of the playoff race at this stage, so when the Rangers run into one of them, they can't afford to let the opportunity slip away.
The Nashville Predators take on the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Follow for live updates.
The Rangers improved to 14-7-3 in their past 24 games following a 4-15-0 skid, a day after trading Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Colorado Avalanche. The Rangers may trade other pending unrestricted free agents such as Reilly Smith, who was held out Sunday.