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Demons were burned by a spell of the 3rd period of the Black Hawks

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CHICAGO – After a night of convincing victory over the Penguins in Pittsburgh, the Devils were looking for their second straight win. But Kirby Dash and Patrick Kane had other ideas, as Dash tied the third inning and Kane scored a hat-trick and assist, helping the struggling Chicago Blackhawks beat the New Jersey Devils 8-5 on Friday night. Brandon Hagel also scored three goals for Chicago, which have fallen three times in a row and seven of nine overall. Alex DeBrincat and Seth Jones each had three assists, and Kevin…

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Rangers prepare for ‘single-of-a-lifetime talent’ Sidney Crosby

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From Alex Ovechkin on Thursday at the Garden to Sidney Crosby in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Rangers move from one opponent to another, one test to another. “I think everyone respects him a lot, and he’s clearly one of the best players in the game for a long time,” coach Gerard Gallant said of Crosby, who scored 48 points (15-33) in 41 games. for penguins. “These challenges are fun. Whoever gets the minutes against him, it’s a challenge because Sid still works on both sides of the disc as well as…

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Rangers are not alarmed by misleading analyses

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Thursday night provided the latest example of a Rangers win that does not fit in with the peripheral numbers that are supposed to measure the team’s true performance, regardless of the scoreboard. So while Rangers beat the Capitals, 4-1, while in command for most of the match, with every goal coming in full force, they failed to share five against five (41.56 percent), shot share (38 percent), and scoring opportunities. (44.19 percent), high chance of risk (45.45 percent) and expected goals (44.01 percent), as measured by the Natural Stat Trick.…

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Islanders fall short of losing a shoot to sharks

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Logan Couture scored on the list and added the lone goal in the penalty shootout Thursday night as the host San Jose Sharks cut a seven-game losing streak with a win over the New York Islanders. 4-3. The Sharks also conceded goals from Alexander Barabanov and Jasper Wetherby, and Thomas Hurtl made two. San Jose’s James Reimer saved 44 saves in the regulations and overtime – including 13 in the third game and five in overtime – before stopping two penalty shootout attempts and seeing another shot go away. The…

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The demons who live in the basement attack the penguins

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PITTSBURGH – A week ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins were in first place in the toughest league of the National Hockey League. Not much anymore. Sidney Crosby and his co-workers slip, and it was the latest setback for a 6-1 loss at home Thursday night against bottom-ranked New Jersey, which pounced on the Penguins for three goals in the first seven minutes and sped away. “We have to get better,” Crosby said after the Penguins fell for the third time in a row to slip to third in the D.C. division…

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The refitted Rangers streak led by Gerard Gallant chokes the Capitals

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Gerard Gallant reached into his bag of tricks, and behold, the Rangers head coach pulled out a checking streak he had set up for the occasion and brought the unit to the top line at the Capitals, which included Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov. Lined up against Ovechkin was Ryan Reaves, accompanied by Kevin Rooney in the center and Barkley Goudreau on the left. In shift after shift, the Rangers’ support men took the Washington artillery gauge. Imaginary numbers don’t tell the story. It does not matter that the expected…

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Morgan Barron of Rangers leads in place of Philip Schittel

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Morgan Barron played only his 10th game this season, and his first since February 1, in Rangers’ 4-1 win over DC on Thursday night. The striker replaced Philippe Shettel, whose coach Gerard Gallant said he was “a little under the weather” with a non-COVID illness and unavailable to play. Skating on the third line, between Greg McKeig and Julian Gautier, Barron had four shots on target, three hits and a fast dash in 8:48. He was particularly active early on, with three of Rangers’ seven shots in the first period.…

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The Rangers top streak delivers a win over the Capitals

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Rangers have not played against DC since their season-opening loss in Washington on October 13 – a defeat that now seems like a distant memory. All the strides the Rangers have made in 134 days since that forgotten opener was on full display Thursday night, when they beat the Capitals 4-1 in the park, in the process catapulted the Penguins to second in the capital division. In the Rangers’ first of the 17 remaining class games on their schedule, front runners Alexis Lavrinier, Mika Zibanegad and Chris Kreider led the…

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Rangers face a slew of divisional battles across the expanse

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The Rangers competed in the first of 17 games remaining in the DC division Thursday night, when the Capitals came to Madison Square Garden for the teams’ second of three meetings this season. Having played just nine league games during his first 50 competitions, Rangers are well on their way to finishing in the hermetic standings. While it is important to establish the best possible position possible in the post-season, simply securing his first legitimate shooting berth since the 2016-17 season is all the Rangers allow themselves to worry about.…

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The islanders finally saw the Cale Palmieri they had expected

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Kyle Palmieri couldn’t remember a similar extension in his career, which is a really good thing. In his 12-year NHL life, Palmieri has never had that much difficulty finding the net, and he’s never felt that kind of pressure. After trading in his favour last season, the islanders awarded the 30-year-old a four-year deal with an average annual value of $5 million, a critical display of faith he can continue to rack up 25 goals in seasons. During the first half of this season, that looked like a losing bet…

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