Power plays can be fickle things. Sometimes a team can do everything right and fail to score. Other times, a team can struggle to get its power play going, only to see the puck find its way into the back of the net.
The latter was the case last night…

The Rangers entered the Eastern Conference Final knowing that winning meant keeping Ilya Kovalchuk and Zach Parise off the scoresheet.
Thanks to a pair of stellar defensive plays from defenseman Ryan McDonagh in the first period, the Rangers were able to do just that in last night’s 3-0 victory…

Before last night’s opening salvo in the Battle of the Hudson, Rangers coach John Tortorella refused to consider the notion his players could be tired after completing a pair of grueling seven-game series victories over the Senators and Capitals.
He was just as defiant on that point after the…

As you might expect, the Hudson River Rivalry has caused ticket prices for the conference finals to skyrocket at both Madison Square Garden and Prudential Center.
The average ticket price for the series is up to $780.88, according to TiqIQ. It’s the highest price TiqIQ has registered for…

Dave Maloney will get an up close and personal look at the upcoming Rangers-Devils series as the Rangers’ radio color man and as part of MSG’s postgame coverage on MSG and MSG Plus following each game.

Here are the former Rangers captain’s three keys to a Rangers victory…

Before Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Capitals at Madison Square Garden last night, Rangers coach John Tortorella told his players they would not get many chances to play in a seventh game.
Thanks to Michael Del Zotto’s third-period goal, the Rangers have claimed a pair…

Alex Ovechkin entered these playoffs having never made it to the conference finals.
And, after last night’s 2-1 loss to the Rangers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Madison Square Garden, the Capitals star still hasn’t.
“It’s a terrible feeling right now,” Ovechkin said…

WASHINGTON — Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin said before last night’s Game 6 here against the Rangers that he didn’t want his season to end.
He made sure it didn’t.
Ovechkin’s goal 88 seconds into the game set the tone for the Capitals, who claimed a 2-1 victory…

After Rangers rookie Chris Kreider made some defensive mistakes in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Capitals, coach John Tortorella thought it was best for the forward to sit for all but 31 seconds of the third period.
“There were some struggles away from the puck for him,” Tortorella said…

The Rangers have spent all season diving in front of one shot after another. In their series against the Capitals, which returns to Madison Square Garden tonight for Game 5, the Blueshirts have been getting a taste of their own medicine.
In their 3-2 loss to Washington in Game 4…