New York Rangers Daily: Chance to get on roll, Jacob Markstrom brilliant in Devils win
It’s game day at Madison Square Garden for the New York Rangers. And after two months of cringing at such a thought, perhaps, once again, there’s reason to get excited about watching them play.
They’ve won two of three, scored 10 goals in their past two games and played a better, more competitive brand of hockey since returning from the NHL holiday break. Baby steps, yes. But steps in the right direction.
Tuesday at MSG, the Rangers (18-20-1) host the Dallas Stars. This is a good test against a good team that won has four straight and five of six (5-0-1). In their past two games against good teams, the Rangers defeated the Boston Bruins 2-1 and then lost a sloppy 7-4 decision to the Washington Capitals.
Those two games preceded a dominant 6-2 throttling of the last-overall Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.
The Stars don’t give up much — their 2.50 team goals-against average is tied with the Los Angeles Kings for best in the NHL. That means the Rangers will have to work to grind out a win on Tuesday.
Arthur Kaliyev won’t make his Rangers debut Tuesday after the forward was claimed off waivers from the Kings on Monday. Coach Peter Laviolette opted to stay with the same lineup that played well in the victory at Chicago.
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The Rangers placed forward Chris Kreider on injured reserve Tuesday morning, retroactive to Sunday, and recalled forward Matt Rempe, who had been sent to Hartford of the American Hockey League after Kaliyev was acquired. This will allow Rempe to serve the final game of his eight-game suspension and make him eligible to play Thursday against the New Jersey Devils.
We took a close look at Filip Chytil’s strong play since the NHL holiday break, one that’s providing the Rangers a major spark.
Here’s our weekly look at who’s hot, who’s not for the Rangers, and what lies ahead for them in the coming week.
We took a crack at predicting what the Rangers quarter century team should look like.
Former Rangers defenseman Al MacNeil died at the age of 89 Monday. Our John Kreiser has the obituary on the four-time Stanley Cup champion.
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Devils forward Erik Haula has a bad ankle sprain and could miss a few weeks of action.
Without Haula in the lineup, the Devils ended a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 win against the Seattle Kraken. Jacob Markstrom was sensational in New Jersey’s victory. Watch one of his highlight-reel saves.
Alex Chiasson, who played 11 seasons in the NHL, officially retired Monday. The former forward helped the Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup in 2018.
Speaking of the Capitals, they lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Buffalo Sabres. In that game, Sabres forward Tage Thompson scored the fastest goal in the NHL this season, on a shot recorded at 103.7 MPH.
Ottawa Senators defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker left practice Monday after crashing awkwardly into the boards. He was helped off the ice and couldn’t put any weight on his left leg.
Former Rangers forward J.T. Miller scored two goals for the Vancouver Canucks, but they lost 5-4 to the Montreal Canadiens when Nick Suzuki scored less than a minute into overtime.
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