Ales Kotalik News

Oh right. The Rangers already did that last year. But then why is it almost impossible to tell the difference between the team that got defense-minded Tom Renney fired in February and the one now coached by offense-inclined John Tortorella that has scored two goals or fewer in eight of the last 10 games while going 3-7 in the process? The ...

It's remarkable that Marian Gaborik hasn't suffered a back injury this season. The Rangers' prized free agent signing has carried the scoring load in the first quarter of the season and is tied for the league lead with 15 goals.

John Tortorella wants the Rangers to grind, but the head coach simply doesn't have enough grinders in his lineup.

It has been more than a month since the Rangers have been able to win back-to-back games.

Marian Gaborik of the Rangers skates against the Capitals during their preseason game on September 24, 2009 at Madison Square Garden.

It wasn't the absence of Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky that most affected the Rangers on Thursday night.

Ranger goalie Henrik Lundqvist stops a shot by Alex Kovalev in the shootout period as the Ottawa Senators met the New York Rangers in NHL action at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa , November 14, 2009.

A struggling and banged-up New York Rangers team heads north of the border today to battle the Ottawa Senators in the second meeting between the clubs of the 2009-10 campaign.

The New York Rangers recalled forward P.A. Parenteau from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Friday and assigned Dane Byers to the same club.

Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists in his first game back from a foot injury and Rich Peverley scored once and set up two goals in the Atlanta Thrashers' 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

If Dion Phaneuf wants to go looking for Sean Avery on the ice tonight, he had better be alert, with the winger unaccountably banished by coach John Tortorella to the bottom of the food chain on the Rangers' three-game western tour that concludes against the Flames.

Despite this being their last home game before going on the road for five games -- where they have just one win -- the Oilers played with little emotion, no jump and created few scoring chances.

Calgary Flames ' Jarome Iginla , left, hits New York Rangers' Vinny Prospal during the first period.

The New York City crowd was filled with excitement, while never-ending confetti fell from the sky during the New York Yankees' ticker-tape parade on Friday morning.

The New York Rangers' jerseys are the same, but the guys wearing them will be largely unfamiliar to the Calgary Flames.

Though Chris Drury talked about the critical nature of picking up a teammate in killing two penalties taken by Aaron Voros within the first 10:03 of last night's 4-2 victory here over the Oilers, head coach John Tortorella wasn't quite so sanguine in referring to the pair of infractions.

Oilers fall to Rangers New York Rangers' Marian Gaborik tries to stuff the puck past Edmonton Oilers' goalie Nikolai Khabibulin during the third period of their NHL hockey game in Edmonton, November 5, 2009.

Ales Kotalik #12 of the New York Rangers is congratulated by team mate Vinny Prospal #20 after scoring a goal against the Anaheim Ducks during their game on October 11, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Vancouver Canucks ' Shane O'Brien, left, checks New York Rangers' Artem Anisimov , of Russia, during second period NHL action in Vancouver, B.C. VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Four-time All-Star goaltender Roberto Luongo and six other Canucks regulars were sidelined.

Betts and Fredrik Sjostrom were not re-signed after helping anchor the league's No.