Last year’s Capitals established the eastern conference’s 82-game low-bar standard since 2005-06, when the guaranteed victory ...

The Blueshirts are in a playoff race, but you wouldn't know it based on their lack of urgency at the beginning of games.

And the problem for the Rangers is that with 14 games left in what has been a roller-coaster season, there is no time for moral victories. Not for a team in the middle of a desperate playoff push.

The Rangers have been one of the more active teams in the NHL this season, making a plethora of moves in an effort to save their campaign.

It's a late-season matchup between two teams right on the NHL Playoffs cusp, as the New York Rangers host the Vancouver Canucks in an inter-conference tilt ...