The league has not scheduled a hearing with Senators forward Chris Neil for his high hit on Brian Boyle (video below) in Saturday night’s 2-0 Rangers loss to set New York back 3-2 in this one-eight first-round series.   It follows then, since Game 6 is Monday night in Ottawa (7 p.m., MSG) and …

Monday afternoon at 12:30 p.m., be right here on The Blueshirts Blog as award-winning Ottawa Sun writer Bruce Garrioch and I conduct a Live Video Chat from Scotiabank Place hours before Game 6 between the Rangers and Senators.   Ranger fans, starting now, I need you to send in questions either …

They are the line that jumpstarted the Rangers to a seven-game winning streak in the fall, 12 wins in 14 games from Halloween through early December, pushing these Blueshirts toward an unfamiliar stratosphere in the Eastern Conference.   Artem Anisimov, 23, Derek Stepan, 21, and Marian …

OTTAWA – Talk about an even series.   The Rangers and Senators go back to New York for Game 5 on Saturday night tied, 2-2. The Blueshirts have nine goals, the Senators eight. Henrik Lundqvist and Craig Anderson are both playing well in net, and both teams have dominated for stretches either …

OTTAWA – In Game 3, Henrik Lundqvist did not appreciate Senators forward Zenon Konopka invading his crease and hitting his pad as the Rangers goaltender fought to make a save.   Once Lundqvist froze the puck, he rose to his feet and pushed Konopka back with a two-handed shove. Konopka backed …

OTTAWA – Carl Hagelin is allowed to practice while serving his three-game suspension – a strange league policy, don’t you think? – but he’s not speaking with the media.   The 23-year-old rookie was at his locker after the Rangers’ optional session at Scotiabank Place on Tuesday afternoon, but …

OTTAWA – The Senators were not discouraged on Tuesday morning by their play in Game 3 on Monday night, and why would they be?   They outshot the Rangers, 39-23, and despite losing, 1-0, Ottawa continued to demonstrate it will not back down from the East’s No. 1 seed.   “We had so many great …

KANATA, Ont. – Chris Kreider is making his NHL debut in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.   In Monday night’s Game 3 of this Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at Scotiabank Place, John Tortorella decided to plug the hole vacated by Carl Hagelin’s three-game suspension with the newly-signed …

As the Rangers prepare for Game 4 in Ottawa, Pat Leonard stops by NYDN.com Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. to talk Rangers and he’ll be joined by a special guest. Bruce Garrioch - who covers the Senators for the Ottawa Sun - will join Pat to break down the series. The chat opens up at noon, but …

KANATA, Ont. – Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson confirmed on Monday morning that he suffered a concussion on the elbow from Carl Hagelin in Game 2 at the Garden on Saturday night, hours after NHL VP of player safety Brendan Shanahan revealed the injury on a WFAN radio interview while …