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Game 7 specialist New York Rangers refuse to quit in these NHL playoffs

This postseason is already more fun than it has been in a few years because the Rangers, one of the Original Six, are sticking around

The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2022

Lipreaders think Rangers coach Gerard Gallant told Tony DeAngelo to ‘shut the [expletive] up’

You can't say that on TV, Gerard.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 22, 2022

Rangers win finale, will face Penguins in first round of playoffs

NEW YORK — When the puck dropped Friday night in their regular-season finale, against the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers didn’t know whether the game would be a preview of their first-round playoff matchup or not.

Newsday · Apr 30, 2022

Semyon Varlamov blanks Rangers as Islanders continue good play

NEW YORK — It would have been interesting to see these two teams playing in a late-season game if the Islanders had had a better start to the season and weren’t so far out of the playoff race. Maybe the 24-point gap between the teams before they faced off dulled…

Newsday · Apr 2, 2022

Andrew Copp's OT goal lifts Rangers over Red Wings

DETROIT – Rangers coach Gerard Gallant was asked before Wednesday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings if he feared his team, playing on the second night of a back-to-back, and coming off a huge win Tuesday over the Penguins in Pittsburgh, might suffer a letdown against the lowly Red Wings.

Newsday · Mar 31, 2022

Rangers top Penguins, move into second place

PITTSBURGH — The NHL schedule makers got this one right, for sure. Saving all these Rangers-Penguins for the stretch run of the season is producing some really fun, high-stakes, late-season hockey games.

Newsday · Mar 30, 2022

Kreider tallies two goals as Rangers beat Penguins, 5-1

NEW YORK — The way the Metropolitan Division standings look these days, it seems more and more as if the Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be meeting up with each other in the first round of the playoffs six weeks from now.

Newsday · Mar 26, 2022

Rangers lose second game in two days, fall to Canucks at the Garden

NEW YORK — Rangers fans heading to the Garden for Sunday night’s game against Vancouver didn’t get to see Igor Shesterkin. Coach Gerard Gallant decided to dust off Alexandar Georgiev in goal for his first start since Jan. 27.

Newsday · Feb 28, 2022

Chris Kreider scores again as Rangers outskate Capitals at Madison Square Garden

NEW YORK — A couple of days ago, Rangers coach Gerard Gallant was asked if, given how tight the race is at the top of the Metropolitan Division, whether he and his team had a goal of trying to win the division.

Newsday · Feb 25, 2022

Rangers top Kings on Adam Fox's shootout clincher

Missing a couple pieces from his lineup for Monday’s game at the Garden against the L.A. Kings, Rangers coach Gerard Gallant did some shuffling of his lines that included putting his three highest-scoring forwards on the same unit.

Newsday · Jan 25, 2022