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Filip Chytil's return gives Rangers 'emotional' lift in key Game 3 win

Once he was cleared to play from his fourth suspected concussion, all Filip Chytil wanted to do was be with the Rangers.

Emerging Ranger living up to early expectations right before our eyes

Alexis Lafreniere is affecting the Rangers’ biggest games now.

Chris Kreider's impressive goal a reminder of this Rangers' strength

Chris Kreider took a cross-ice feed from Mika Zibanejad, and buried it past Carolina goalie Pyotr Kochetkov for a goal in the Rangers' Game 3 win.

Rangers' Artemi Panarin delivered the biggest goal yet of his brilliant season

Highlights from the Rangers’  3-2 Game 2 overtime road win over the Hurricanes on Thursday night.

Rangers coach deserves praise for lineup gamble leading to big win

Laviolette switched the lineup after six straight victories.

Rangers' Igor Shesterkin matches franchise legend's historic feat in another 1994 similarity

The 1994 similarities just keep on coming for the Rangers, and Igor Shesterkin put himself in the center of another one on Thursday.

Rangers' 7-0 playoff start echoing Cup-winning '94 run

If Rangers fans were looking for another parallel to the team’s 1994 championship run, they got it on Thursday night.

Panarin's Game 3 OT winner pushes Hurricanes to brink, keeps Rangers perfect in playoffs

It’s been 16 years since any NHL team has done it. And it’s been — you guessed it — 30 years since the last Rangers team did it.

Rangers-Hurricanes nastiness carries over into Game 3

The nastiness between the Rangers and Hurricanes picked up right from where it left off in New York when the puck dropped in Game 3 in North Carolina. 

Rangers star returns in stunning Game 3 lineup twist

Igor Shesterkin led the Rangers out for Game 3 warmups against the Hurricanes, and there, right behind him, was Filip Chytil. 

Rangers can't keep counting on penalty kill to bail them out

Ten times the Rangers trudged to the penalty box in the first two games of this second-round series and 10 times the team escaped harm.

Rangers can't let Hurricanes' goalie switch change their game

As much as the Rangers may like the fact that the opposing coach is searching for answers, they’ve seen this goalie-switch movie before and it didn’t work out so well...

Target this team's moneyline in Avs vs. Stars Thursday night

Dallas and Colorado lace it up for Game 2 on Thursday night, with the Stars looking to even up the series.

Rangers center changes sticks as he looks to help spark third line

Alex Wennberg was one of three trade-deadline pickups for the Rangers this season, but the Swedish center was immediately the easiest to identify on the ice. 

Ride the red-hot Rangers in Game 3 on Thursday

The Rangers have propelled themselves to a +425 tri-favorite to hoist the Stanley Cup.

Hurricanes make massive change with backs against wall versus Rangers

The Hurricanes are making a change ahead of the pivotal Game 3 on Thursday.

Maple Leafs fire coach after another playoff flop

The move had been expected after Toronto lost to rival Boston in Game 7 last weekend, the fourth time in five years under Keefe that the team has lost in...

NHL playoff game ends in violence as top stars fight during huge brawl

The score got out of hand and then the players went wild too.

The tension in the Islanders' parting comments before an offseason that promises changes

Asked whether he’s nervous about changes to the roster, Mat Barzal replied, “Definitely. It’s been three years now where we haven’t got over the hump in the first round."

Yet another sign this Rangers playoff run is eerily similar to 1994

New Yorkers have been talking for weeks about the similarities between this Rangers Stanley Cup chase and the one in 1994 which ended the franchise’s 54-year curse.