It took essentially all season for the Rangers to establish an identity, but they have now, they sure have now — better late than never and not too late at all, after all.
These are the Rangers who would not give up on themselves or their season. These are the…

The play-in to the playoffs begins tomorrow night at the Garden. It’s Rangers-Flyers, round one of the home-and-home that concludes Sunday in Philadelphia.
It’s Rangers-Flyers, and if the Blueshirts sweep while winning at least once in regulation, this team that has not been in a top-eight spot since…

Brandon Dubinsky did not hesitate. He saw Marian Gaborik get stapled to the back wall on a borderline hit by Toronto defenseman Jeff Finger after No. 10 had been foiled on a breakaway 8:14 into the second period with the Rangers up 3-0 in a game they would win…

BUFFALO — Slim just rode out of town.
There are three games to go and beginning tonight at the Garden against Toronto, the Rangers will play them without a margin for error in their quest to make the playoffs after last night’s 5-2 debacle of a defeat to a…

BUFFALO — The Rangers were down 3-2 coming up on the midway mark of the second, but the puck was on Marian Gaborik’s stick at the left porch with goaltender Ryan Miller pulled to the other side following a neat 3-on-1 feed from Brandon Dubinsky, which is to say that…

There is no longer any confusion for the Rangers or for Marc Staal as the Blueshirts continue their chase of the Flyers and the final Eastern Conference playoff berth in Buffalo tomorrow night after a two-day respite.
The Rangers, 5-0-1 in their past six following the weekend sweep through south…

SUNRISE, Fla. — It may sound like a fish story, but if so, then Glen Sather sure has come up with a whopper.
The Rangers’ GM told Slap Shots on Thursday that he “shook hands” on a trade last year that would have brought Steven Stamkos from Tampa Bay to…

SUNRISE, Fla. — The first two periods served as a reminder of why the Rangers are not in a playoff spot. The third period served as an instruction of why the Blueshirts are now in position to earn one.
There’s a week to go, four games to go, and…

SUNRISE, Fla. — Following practice Thursday morning in Tampa, a visitor moseyed over to the locker room area in which Henrik Lundqvist and Alex Auld dressed.
“Hello goalies,” the visitor said.
“Thanks for including me in that,” Auld quickly responded.
Well, at least someone does.
It’s all Lundqvist all the…

SUNRISE — Following practice Thursday morning in Tampa, a visitor moseyed over to the locker room area in which Henrik Lundqvist and Alex Auld dressed.
“Hello goalies,” the visitor said.
“Thanks for including me in that,” Auld quickly responded.
Well, at least someone does.
It’s all Lundqvist all the time…