Sometimes being a spoiler is the best you can ask for out of a season, The Post's Mike Vaccaro writes.

Whatever you make of the Islanders, no one who has been around their dressing room can doubt even for a minute that this group very much believes in its own capabilities.

Its an impossible question to answer, isnt it? Which means that 32 games into their season, the Rangers just might be the team to beat.

No one is going into the post-holiday portion of the schedule on a bigger high than the Rangers.

For all the positive adjustments the Rangers have made to their overall game since head coach Peter Laviolette took over, the clich, old habits die hard can still ring true for a team thats core has been together long enough to have a telling track record.

Kaapo Kakko has resumed skating less than a month after suffering a left leg injury in an awkward fall on Nov. 27 against the Sabres.

There isnt a more compelling game on the NFL slate this week than the 11-3 Ravens playing at the 11-3 49ers on Monday night.

Giants tight end Darren Waller, who was acquired in an offseason trade with the Raiders, catches up with Post columnist Steve Serby for some Q&A.

The Oilers scored four goals in the third period to post a 4-3 win against the Rangers, after the home team defended a one-goal lead for a majority of the game in front of an invested and reactive Friday night crowd at Madison Square Garden.