Foresight and faith found their reward.
Led by the scoring of homegrown defensemen Marc Staal and Dan Girardi, the Rangers advanced past the Senators with a 2-1 win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals last night at the Garden.
Staal and Girardi were also key in fighting off…

Home-ice has meant little in the playoffs, but former Rangers defenseman Jeff Beukeboom thinks it can be the difference Thursday night.
The Senators are 4-1 at Madison Square Garden this season, including wins in two of three games in their first round series against the Rangers, but the 47-year-old Beukeboom…

Henrik Lundqvist is a three-time finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie. There were no questions or prodding necessary coming into this season to determine whether he was elite.
As Lundqvist’s spectacular seventh season for the Rangers continues — his latest gem an NHL-leading seventh shutout…

The Rangers often talk about their identity. Coach John Tortorella has helped craft a team whose consistency stems from defense, physicality and hustle.
The success is undeniable. The style is endearing. But prized free-agent signing Brad Richards still is having issues figuring out how best to utilize his strengths on…

What better way for owner James Dolan to see if the Rangers are “pretty close” to a Stanley Cup than to see them play those who have been closest to it.
Playing in Boston this afternoon, the Rangers face the Bruins for the first of four meetings this season, in…

Coach John Tortorella may find it absurd to discuss a championship 44 games into a season, as owner James Dolan did following the Rangers’ 3-0 win over the Predators on Tuesday, but Tortorella isn’t angry Dolan said he thinks the team is “pretty close” to capturing its first Stanley…

Rangers coach John Tortorella may think it is far too early for owner James Dolan to discuss a Stanley Cup championship, as the latter did following the Rangers’ 3-0 win Tuesday that put them at an NHL-best 29-11-4, but The Post has learned Dolan called Tortorella on Wednesday morning and…

Rangers coach John Tortorella can’t understand what happened on Thursday night.
One day after a 3-0 home loss to the Senators, Tortorella conceded he knows the Rangers can’t always be “dead on”, but he still couldn’t figure out how his top lines didn’t appear to show…

Few teams have been able to find advantages against the NHL-leading Rangers, and even when opponents are given an upper hand, it hasn’t mattered.
The Rangers, winners of five straight and 10 of their past 11 games, enter tonight’s game with the Senators at Madison Square Garden having…

The Winter Classic is over.
HBO is gone and the spotlight on the Rangers dims following their 3-2 win over the Flyers in the NHL’s most-anticipated regular-season game.
Even if upcoming games can’t inspire the same emotion or passion or imagination, they are no less vital. It is…