Chris Drury News

Chris Drury never knew what hit him. "I thought I ran into my own guy because I knew I didn't have the puck or wasn't really near the puck," said Drury, who skated yesterday morning for the first time since suffering a concussion in Calgary on Nov.

Instead, it was the New York Rangers who finished the game with an empty feeling.

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.

Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers.

Chris Drury has been improving in his recovery from a concussion that has kept him out of the Rangers ' last three games.

Chris Drury might not be anyone's idea of a classic shutdown center, but the captain did give John Tortorella a legitimate, defensively aware pivot around whom the head coach could build a checking unit to go against the opposition's top line when he wanted to give the Rangers' own first line a break from that assignment.

File - Rangers' defenseman Wade Redden. Veteran defenseman Wade Redden , who totaled 16 power-play goals in his last three seasons in Ottawa before coming to the Rangers last year, will be seeing some time on the point again.

After having a four-game winning streak end their last time out, the Washington Capitals expect to have superstar winger Alex Ovechkin back on the ice tonight when they visit the New York Rangers for a battle at Madison Square Garden.

The conclusion of Curtis Glencross's week-long sentence comes with a silver lining.

New York Rangers' P.A. Parenteau, left, celebrates his goal with teammate Brian Boyle.

There were concerns about Marian Gaborik's injury history and ability to perform on a big stage when the New York Rangers signed him this summer, but he's looked every bit like an All-Star so far.

John Tortorella started looking down his bench as the New York Rangers began going deeper and deeper into a shootout standoff.

So Henrik Lundqvist, who may or may not return to net tonight at the Garden against Atlanta, says that the right thigh or groin injury he's nursing was not sustained during the couple dozen times he's been crashed into and knocked down in the crease.

Atlanta Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the second period in New York.

Brandon Dubinsky is one of the centers that is down and out for the New York Rangers.

Forget for a moment the 3-1 defeat in Calgary on Saturday night for the New York Rangers.

The Rangers were beaten 3-1 here last night by the Flames despite their gamest effort of the season, but that's not even a third of it as far as their losses are concerned.

The Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2009 received its rings and made its speeches Monday.

Calgary Flames forward Curtis Glencross caught Chris Drury unawares early in Saturday's game.

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.