For all of the calamity and the disaster that greeted the New York Rangers at nearly every turn during the first half of the 2024-25 season, they somehow, almost unbelievably, are still very much in the thick of a playoff hunt.
At the end of the 2024-25 regular season, this three-game road trip could be a difference-maker for the Rangers.
SALT LAKE CITY -- The New York Rangers scored three goals in the third period to defeat the Utah Hockey Club 5-3 at Delta Center on Thursday. Artemi Panarin scored twice for the Rangers (21-20-3), who extended their point streak to six games (4-0-2). Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves.
Larry Brooks wrote that the Rangers should not be in the player acquisition mode to try and make a run. Instead, New York would be best served to deal UFAs to replenish the pick population they dealt to make two ECF runs.
The longest-tenured Rangers player on the roster, Kreider's missed opportunity early ... While it wasn't Lindgren's poorest outing of the season, both he and his defensive partner Adam Fox failed ...