New York Rangers Daily: Blueshirts flip script in latest win, another NHL record set by Alex Ovechkin
It appears someone flipped a switch and informed the New York Rangers that the 2024-25 season is half over and they’d better wake up or else all Stanley Cup dreams will be dashed.
The Rangers rallied for a 5-3 win in Utah on Thursday to close out a successful 2-0-1 Western road trip. So, make it six games in a row with a point (4-0-2) matching their six-game point streak to begin the season (5-0-1), you know, before it all seemingly went to hell.
Funny how that 4-15-0 slide in November and December feels more distant by the day. Sure, the Rangers (21-20-3) are still digging themselves out of a hole and trying to get back into a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. But they’re playing with more confidence, more compete in their game and more resolve, as evidenced by erasing three one-goal deficits Thursday to secure their first win this season when trailing after two periods (1-17-1).
They jumped one spot in the Eastern Conference standings, passing the woeful Pittsburgh Penguins into 13th place. The Rangers are just four points behind the Boston Bruins for the second wild card, and New York has two games in hand. They’re five points in back of the Columbus Blue Jackets for the top wild card, and those teams meet Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
Yup, things are getting interesting once again for the Rangers, who are 5-1-2 in the New Year.
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Here are three takeaways from the Rangers comeback win in Utah, including the return of “No quit in New York.”
Before Matt Rempe failed to play in the third period Thursday night in Utah, Tom Castro detailed how Sam Carrick, Adam Edstrom and Rempe are jelling into a solid fourth line for the Rangers.
We detail an ugly night for Rangers prospects Brennan Othmann, Brett Berard, Dylan Garand and Victor Mancini the Hartford Wolf Pack’s 7-2 loss to Utica in AHL action Wednesday.
Ahead of another busy college hockey weekend, here’s the latest on the Rangers NCAA prospects.
Side note: I’ll be a guest, joining Ryan Paton and Dennis Bernstein to talk Rangers puck Saturday at Noon ET over on Sirius/XM NHL Network Radio, channel 89. Come tune in and join us!
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In a bizarre twist, the three Stanley Cup rings stolen from Evgeni Malkin’s home in Pittsburgh were found Thursday — inside Malkin’s home. Our buddy Dan Kingerski from Pittsburgh Hockey Now has the latest twist in this evolving story.
Islanders forward Maxim Tsyplakov will have a meeting with NHL Department of Player Safety on Friday for an check to the head of Philadelphia Flyers center Ryan Poehling in the first period Thursday. Poehling sustained an upper-body injury but the Flyers went on to win 5-3.
Alex Ovechkin scored in overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 1-0 win against the Ottawa Senators. He set an NHL record by scoring against the 179th different goalie in his career, breaking Jaromir Jagr’s previous mark. Ovi is now 21 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL record (894).
Watch Ovechkin’s game-winner.
It was a bittersweet return to Toronto for New Jersey Devils coach Sheldon Keefe, who was feted for his years behind Maple Leafs bench and then saw his current team lose 4-3 in overtime.
The news wasn’t all good for the Maple Leafs on Thursday. Veteran forward John Tavares landed on IR and is week to week with a lower-body injury sustained in practice Wednesday.
Speaking of bad news up in Canada, the Vancouver Canucks lost for the sixth time in their past seven games, 5-1 to the Los Angeles Kings.
Goalie Jakub Dobes won his fourth straight start to begin his NHL career, leading the Montreal Canadiens past the Dallas Stars 3-1.
The Detroit Red Wings opened up a four-game road trip with a 5-2 win against the Florida Panthers, making it eight wins in their past nine games.
Check out this beautiful goal by Nathan MacKinnon in a 4-3 Colorado Avalanche loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
Filip Forsberg scored his 300th NHL goal in the Nashville Predators’ 3-2 shootout win against the Chicago Blackhawks.
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