The Rangers had their way for four years. Long enough, the Devils say.
Notwithstanding that the Devils didn’t have to deal with Henrik Lundqvist, the Jersey Boys grasped gratefully at the chance to start reversing the flow of the Battle of the Hudson with last night’s remarkable and…

KANATA, Ontario — Even if Henrik Lundqvist were only feigning annoyance with fellow Ranger Marian Gaborik’s sniper celebration, it stung.
“We’ll have to talk about what kind of penalty [Gaborik pays]. Twenty-five hundred, right?” Lundqvist said after Gaborik was named the NHL All-Star Game MVP in last night’s…

OTTAWA — The NHL’s freshly crowned All-Star speed champ says he isn’t even the fastest Rangers skater at the annual showcase.
“Not too seriously,” Carl Hagelin said is how he will take winning the fastest skater title in the yearly skills competition last night. “There are guys out there…

All this time, yet the tide in the Battle of the Hudson still flows full flood toward Manhattan.
Again, it was Henrik Lundqvist keeping the Rangers boat afloat, while Martin Brodeur’s ship ultimately swamped.
It was a night of maximum efforts, attacks that created chaos, shots that rang pipe…

Former Rangers captain Chris Drury retired from the NHL yesterday, ending his career after 12 seasons.
Drury, who turns 35 today, tried this summer to rehabilitate his left knee after the Rangers bought out the final year of his five-year, $35.25 million contract on June 29. Drury accepted the…

The Rangers averted an arbitration hearing with forward Ryan Callahan today, agreeing to a three-year deal worth nearly $13 million. The sides were to face the arbitrator tomorrow in Toronto.
Callahan, 26, went 23-25-48 in 60 games last season, before suffering a broken ankle just before the playoffs.
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The Rangers averted an arbitration hearing with forward Ryan Callahan, agreeing to a three-year deal worth nearly $13 million Wednesday.
The sides were to face the arbitrator Thursday in Toronto. Callahan, 26, went 23-25-48 in 60 games last season before suffering a broken ankle just before the playoffs.
The Rangers…

His coach for the first four of Derek Boogaard’s six NHL seasons, a forlorn and somber Jacques Lemaire yesterday tried without success to make sense of Boogaard’s death.
“It’s always tough when a person you know goes, but when you look at a guy, 6-7, 260, healthy…

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scores like a record-threatening playoff beast, and he hasn’t even gone anywhere in postseason yet.
“It’s my job,” Ovechkin said.
Ovechkin had three goals and three assists in the five games it took the Capitals to eliminate the Rangers, giving him 23 each in…

WASHINGTON — If a team’s best players must be their best performers, Marian Gaborik fell short of playing his part.
Gaborik had just two points in the Rangers’ five-game playoff loss to the Capitals that ended with yesterday’s 3-1 defeat. The Rangers managed eight goals in the series, and…