On the surface, Brandon Dubinsky and Erik Christensen made for an odd pairing as road-trip roommates – Dubinsky talkative and outgoing, Christensen quiet and reserved. But they became good friends as teammates and roommates the last two years.   Saturday, Dubinsky admitted it will be different …

BUFFALO - You should have seen the spread of buffalo wings laid out in the Rangers’ locker room after their 1-0 shootout win over the Sabres Wednesday night.   Dan Girardi, Marty Biron and several teammates hung around and chomped on a few of this upstate city’s famous culinary creations, …

BUFFALO – Anton Stralman became a Blueshirt from “out of the blue” on Nov. 5, and when he signed a one-year deal with the Rangers, the 25-year-old defenseman knew the perception of his game.   “I kinda got that stamp right away that this guy can’t play defense,” Stralman said Wednesday morning …

Brad Richards admitted after Tuesday’s 4-3 shootout loss to New Jersey that he has never struggled this way in shootouts, and he’s not sure why.   The stats back him up.   Richards entered this season a career 25-of-60 (41.7%) in the shootout with 11 game-deciding goals, but after Martin …

In the Rangers’ 4-1 win over the Devils on Dec. 20, Henrik Lundqvist made – as New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur put it subtly Tuesday morning – “a little bit of a difference.” But Tuesday night in Newark, The King will receive a rare night off when the Eastern Conference-leading Blueshirts …

Move on from the All-Star break? The Rangers were focused on the season’s second-half stretch way before they hit the ice Monday afternoon in Greenburgh.   “I wanted to stop the practice after 20 minutes and bottle it, because I thought they were that good,” John Tortorella said.   Artem …

The NHL’s most prominent events are the Winter Classic, the All-Star Game and the Stanley Cup Finals. The Rangers have stolen the show in two of them.   Marian Gaborik netted a hat trick and added an assist to earn MVP honors of Sunday’s All-Star Game in Ottawa, a 12-9 victory for the Ranger …

NBC hockey analyst Mike Milbury certainly isn’t doing his part to spread the league’s message about player safety. On NHL Live Wednesday night prior to the Red Wings-Canadiens game on NBC Sports Network, Milbury was breaking down Detroit’s 3-1 win over St. Louis on Monday, pointing out how …

Swedish winger Carl Hagelin interrupted my Thanksgiving dinner with his recall from the Connecticut Whale on Nov. 24. Now, two months after his NHL debut, the Rangers rookie has been selected to the rookies roster at the All-Star Game in Ottawa. The NHL named Hagelin and Montreal Canadiens …

Henrik Lundqvist was driving to the Rangers’ practice facility Tuesday morning when he got a phone call from goaltending coach Benoit Allaire. Allaire told Lundqvist change of plans, he’d be starting at night against the Winnipeg Jets, since backup Martin Biron had the flu.   “It wasn’t last …