New Jersey’s co-coaching experiment got off to a rough start thanks to a Derek Stepan hat-trick. Elsewhere, the Jets and Red Wings both won off crazy overtime goals.
Shane Doan is a hockey magician
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsBecause if he did manage to break his stick blade and still score that would make him a hockey magician.
Read Article >Nyquist video-gamed the Senators
Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY SportsBruins broadcaster goes nuts after missed call
Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY SportsHe then continued his angry comments until the period ended. We like to imagine he kicked his chair during intermission. Love him or hate him, Jack Edwards is must-watch entertainment when he gets angry.
Read Article >Kronwalling yourself is possible!
James Guillory-USA TODAY SportsEspecially since the one doing the “Kronwalling” was...the air?
This is why slo-mo was invented, folks: to watch professional athletes trip and fall over like we do every single day.
Read Article >Stepan scores shorthanded breakaway
Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY SportsPower plays pretty much have one huge defensive responsibility: don’t turn the puck over at the blueline. We don’t have the exact stat (because that would take forever to research), but that probably results in a shorthanded goal against 90 percent of the time.
Poor Cory Schneider just can’t catch a break this year. By the way, that’s Stepan’s fourth goal and 20th point since making his season debut on Nov. 8 (and he later scored another goal in the second period). Not a bad start for the Rangers center.
Read Article >Rangers host Devils, go for 8th straight win
Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY SportsThe Rangers (18-10-4) have won seven straight games, outscoring opponents 24 goals to 10 during that span. New York is 11-5-3 at home this season and have won six of their last seven games at Madison Square Garden. The Devils (12-17-7) have lost seven of their last eight games, and are 8-11-3 on the road this season.
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