“Unfortunately, a couple of lack of details in critical moments kind of cost us the hockey game.” Kreider drew New York back within a goal at 8:52, just after that power play expired. It was his 14th of the season. Just 19 seconds later, with the Rangers back on a power play, ...
“We’ll take the parts of the game we think we can improve on. We’ll look at those. We’ll take the parts of the game we like a lot and try to manufacture more of it.” –Paul Maurice “In playoffs it doesn’t really matter how you lose. If you lose 6-1 or in overtime...
“The execution was off all night,”Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. “Could be fatigue, could be mental, could be anything. Regardless, it’s unacceptable. We’ve got to be better than that. You’re not going to win hockey games if you can’t execute. We haven’t talked about th...
In Game 2 in New York, Chris Neil scored in overtime for Ottawa. "It's frustrating to lose in overtime, but there were some good things," Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "I think we still need some more guys involved, but it was two overtimes, the series is 2-2 and we're ...
“I think after your first [playoff] run with a group . . . you kind of know what playoff hockey is gonna be like. But each series is so different. Each team is so different year to year,’’ he said. “I think it’s just more the experience over the course of the regula...
"It's positive that we finally closed a game out," Namestnikov said. "I thought we deserved better in those overtime losses against Washington and Tampa, but hockey goes that way sometimes and I'm just we got the two points tonight." Trailing 2-0 after the first, the Rangers controll...
“It’s frustrating to lose, of course,” Adam Fox said. “We wanted to get back on track and we played a pretty good game. But they capitalized on some power plays and a breakdown in the third when we were chasing there. I mean, we got shots and got chances but weren’t able ...
"We knew it was going to be a tough test. That's a really good hockey team over there,'' Nedeljkovic said. "They had a lot to play for but so do we. We're fighting for points and the guys did a great job." Pittsburgh is still facing missing the pl...
Bure Scores but Rangers Lose, 3-1URSULA REEL, AP Hockey Writer
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