Scoring Summary
First Period
13:53: Marian Gaborik (31) ripped a shot through a defenseman and past Craig Anderson to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead from Sean Avery (15) and Artem Anisimov (9)
Second Period
4:57: Vinny Prospal (29) put a no-look pass right in front for Gaborik (32) to score his second of the game. Marc Staal also [...]

The Game:
The Rangers (24-24-7) in the midst of a five game losing streak, look to build on a nice third period from last night against the Colorado Avalanche (30-17-6)
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The Goalies:
Chad Johnson (0-2-1) vs Craig Anderson (26-13-5)

Colorado’s Key Players:

Notes:
Henrik Lundqvist is out with the Flu
Ales Kotalik and Donald Brashear are scratches
All [...]

The on-going Vincent Lecavalier saga took an interesting turn yesterday when Ken Campbell, of the Hockey News, reported that Gary Bettman blocked a trade of Lecavalier to Montreal last June.
Campbell says that the deal would have sent goalie Carey Price, Tomas Plekanec and a prospect to Tampa Bay for Lecavalier, but Lightning co-owner Len Barrie [...]

Last night, in a fight with Jarome Iginla Edmonton Oilers defenseman Sheldon Souray fractured his hand. It is expected that his injury will keep him out past the March 3rd trade deadline.
…Well that should end all of the Souray rumors. Tough break, literally, he wanted to help Edmonton by moving on and it doesn’t seem [...]

Larry Brooks, in the New York Post, says that defenseman Ilkka Heikkinen, currently in Hartford, may go back overseas in the off-season because of his lack of time with the Rangers.
Rest assured the physical defenseman with offensive instincts who received praise from coach John Tortorella during a seven-game trial run in December, will receive offers [...]

Chad Johnson stopped 21 of 24 shots last night in his surprise start against Phoenix due to Henrik Lundqvist’s bout with the flu. Johnson let it three goals on the Coyotes first seven shots, before settling down to stop the next seventeen.
“I found out in the morning that I’d be playing, so I had time [...]

Update:1:48PM: Jim Cerny has his thoughts on the deal at his blog Rink Rap.
Update:1:09: PM: Dreger says that Giguere to Toronto is done. Toskala and former Islander Jason Blake are going to Anaheim.
Update:11:57AM: For the PHANEUF trade, Darren Dreger is reporting that Toronto will send Niklas Hagan, Matt Stajan, Jamal Mayers and Ian White for [...]

Bruce Garroich, in the Toronto Sun, reports today that the belief around the NHL is that Glen Sather will step down as GM after this season and Mark Messier will replace him.
Sather would remain as President of the Rangers.
…That has been rumored for a long-time, the only part missing here is that Wayne Gretzky takes [...]

The Rangers put up an inspired third period last night, while down 3-0, to cut the lead to 3-2 on Marian Gaborik and Sean Avery goals. Inspired or not, the Rangers put up another close but no cigar game last night, a game that Michael Del Zotto told Michael Obernauer, the team thought it should [...]

Two first period goals by Danny Briere (18) and Scott Hartnell (12) along with solid goaltending throughout were too much for the Islanders to overcome yesterday afternoon against the Philadelphia Flyers, as they fell 2-1. The Islanders cut the lead in half in the second period with a tally by Josh Bailey (13), but weren’t [...]