You've heard the cliche before:  "It's a game of inches".  It's often used to explain why a team lost or missed that vital goal, but the reality is that hockey is indeed a game that where the difference between success and failure is small  more

The New York Rangers went into Game 1 as underdogs.  Montreal had swept the series 3-0, Carey Price had not lost a regulation game to the Rangers since they were defeated in the 2014 playoffs, and the records over the past twenty games could not have been more different  more

The scene is set.  Two original six teams do battle once more, renewing acquaintances for the first time since the Rangers knocked out Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens in the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals.  In the case of Price it was literal, figurative of course in terms of the Canadiens in general  more

Last night the Montreal Canadiens secured first seed in the Atlantic Division, all but certainly setting up a post-season meeting with the New York Rangers for the fifteenth time.  Remarkbaly the Rangers hold an 8-7 series win advantage over the NHL's most successful team, including wins in their last two match-ups in 1996 and 2014  more

Rangers Head Coach Alain Vigneault appears to have communicated that Marc Staal is cleared to practice, and wlll join the team on Wednesday.  Staal has been out with a suspected concussion as he - and the team - have taken a cautious approach to his return  more

Following a dominating shift against the Detroit Red Wings, Rangers forward Kevin Hayes skated to the bench with what appeared to be some sort of moderate leg or perhaps groin problem.  The third year pro did not return to the ice for the third period.  No news was provided for the injury, though Head Coach Alain Vigneault did mention that Hayes would be checked out today  more

The first half of the season saw the Rangers play as many or more games than any other team leading into their five day league mandated break.  The intensity of the schedule was further compounded by a number of key injuries, particularly to Mika Zibanejad, Pavel Buchnevich and Rick Nash  more

Forward Rick Nash says he's ready to go tonight against the Dallas Stars after having practiced the last couple of days.  Nash has missed four games after he suffered the minor groin strain against the Islanders on December 6th.  The Rangers have grafted out a 3-1-0 record in his absence, but goal scoring has been hard to come by with just nine goals in that stretch, five in one game alone against the Devils  more

It appears now that Jimmy Vesey will miss 1-2 games with an upper body injury.  Vesey did take a slash in the loss to the Islanders, but continued to play.  He did not skate today, and is listed as day to day by the team  more