Wednesday nights clash at UBS Arena was New Yorks third-ever game as the PWHL kicks off its inaugural season as the new top professional womens hockey league.

Artem Anisimov is taking another crack at North American hockey by returning to the Rangers organization, the club that drafted him No. 54 overall in 2006.

Adam Fox lucked out with a smooth recovery timeline while sidelined with the first significant injury of his hockey career.

In the end, Wink Martindale didnt like the way he was treated by Brian Daboll, who coaches his players and coaches hard, and the two parted ways.

Tyler Pitlick has been around the NHL long enough, and in the same position with many other clubs before, to work through what was an unexpected start to his first season with the Rangers.

Cutter Gauthier was traded by the Flyers to the Anaheim Ducks after he told the team that drafted him that he didnt want to play for Philadelphia.

There are mounting cries for GM Chris Drury to do something and to do something now in the midst of these early-winter doldrums through which the New York Rangers have won just eight of their last 16 games (8-7-1) while allowing at least six goals in a game four times and four goals in a game eight times.

The Islanders January schedule is unforgiving, but they do at least get their next two games at home, splitting two four-game trips.

Mathew Barzal was named an All-Star for the third time in his career on Thursday as the NHL released its initial list of players.