On the surface, the Rangers had one of the most successful regular seasons in franchise history.  They recorded the second most wins - 52 and third most points - 110, of any Ranger team to play over the course of their 93 season history.   Their goalie was nominated for both the Hart Trophy and Vezina, the team finished second for the William Jennings - awarded to the team with the lowest goals against, and Gerard Gallant had consideration to be among the best for the coach in the NHL  more

The playoff motto for the Rangers this year is "No Quit In New York", but few would have predicted this team coming back from consecutive 0-2 deficits in Games 5 and 6 to force a Game 7 in New York Sunday.  Sure the Rangers have come back from 3-1 series deficits before, back in 2014 - against Pittsburgh, and then again in 2015 - against Washington, but to do so after giving up seven goals in each of Games 3 and 4 is pretty remarkable  more

New York capitalized on Pittsburgh playing their third string netminder to take Game 2 last night by a score of 5-2.  It was a welcome result after Tuesday's disappointing end in Game 1, and avoids going to Pittsburgh in a 2-0 series hole  more

After the win last night, Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant disclosed that Barclay Goodrow is going to be out for an extended period.  Officially listed as week to week, Goodrow's potential absence was not disclosed until pre-game warm ups when he and Ryan Lindgren did not come out  more

Already without starting netminder Tristan Jarry, who suffered a bone fracture in his foot in mid-April, the Penguins will head into tonight's Game 2 without their second choice.  Casey DeSmith left the second OT against the Rangers in Game 1, and appears to be out for at least the rest of the first round with an undisclosed lower body injury.  DeSmith is listed day to day by the team, but is expected to play no further part in this series  more

Most pundits and even a lot of fans, looked at this series against the Pittsburgh Penguins as pretty much a win for the Rangers.  The Rangers had won the season series 3-1, with all three wins coming in the last six weeks of the season.  By contrast, the Penguins had limped through the second half of the season, had lost their starting goaltender, and had a core that was into their mid 30s or beyond  more

Experience, depth, defense, goaltending, physical play...there's a lot of things that pundits attribute success in the playoffs to.  The Stanley Cup can be won in as few as 16 games, or as many as 28.  It's a grind, a war of attrition to see who will have the opportunity to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup at the end of it  more

With the regular season winding up tonight, the Rangers' first round opponent might be within their power to control.  Tonight's match-up against the Washington Capitals, is one of two games that will determine whether it's the Penguins or Capitals who will meet New York next week  more

With the Rangers no longer able to claim first place, Gerard Gallant says that the plan for the remaining two games, will be to rotate some of the regulars out for some rest.  Both Artemi Panarin and Andrew Copp will top that list, with both players having left the bench midway through the second period last night in the 4-3 loss to Carolina  more