Wade Redden News

In his first meeting against the team that drafted him, Nigel Dawes had a career night.

Rick Rypien scored the go-ahead goal 8:48 into the third period, the first of three late goals that lifted the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

As an avid Senators fan, married to a hardcore Leafs nut, playoffs time in our house was always a source of stress.

Minnesota Wild celebrate Petr Sykora's goal in the first period. ST. PAUL - It was bad weather in Minneapolis that caused Dane Byers to arrive hours off schedule for the Rangers ' game Friday night against the Minnesota Wild .

Petr Sykora had a goal and an assist, and Eric Belanger and Antti Miettinen also scored to help the Minnesota Wild win for the first time in regulation this season, 3-2 over the New York Rangers on Friday night.

Less than two weeks have passed, yet the Rangers' seven-game winning streak seems like it happened centuries ago.

For the first eight games of the season , the Rangers seemed to be doing everything right and on the rare occasions when they didn't, Henrik Lundqvist was there.

For the first time this season the New York clubs will meet on the ice, as the Rangers visit the Islanders for an Atlantic Division clash at Nassau Coliseum.

In the midst of the Rangers' seven-game winning streak, head coach John Tortorella stated, "We're teetering on going the wrong way here." And man, was he right.

Matt Stajan #14 and Viktor Stalberg #45 of the Toronto Maple Leafs try to stop Michael Del Zotto #4 of the New York Rangers.

It can help bail you out on a night where little else is clicking and the opposition is clocking you.

Vinny Prospal finished with two power-play scores and an assist, recording his 200th career goal along the way, as the New York Rangers downed the Los Angeles Kings, 4-2, to notch their sixth consecutive win.

The Toronto Maple Leafs were trailing the New York Rangers when The Beatles' 1965 hit "Help!" blared from the Air Canada Centre's PA system during the second intermission.

OCTOBER 11: Goaltender Steve Valiquette #40 of the New York Rangers is congratulated by team mate Brian Boyle #22 after his shut out game against the Anaheim Ducks during their game on October 11, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

If Wade Redden looks like a different player in his second season with the Rangers, and he does, much of the improvement can be credited to the fact that he is now playing in a system that maximizes his skills as a skater and puck mover while minimizing his deficiencies in defensive zone coverage and reading the rush.

A pair of teams riding hot streaks get together tonight in the Big Apple, where the New York Rangers square off with the Los Angeles Kings in an interconference battle from Madison Square Garden.

During every New York Rangers home game, the capacity throng at Madison Square Garden, referring to despised former Islander Denis Potvin, can be heard chanting "Potvin sucks." Toronto Maple Leafs fans might very well be saying the same thing about their beloved team this morning.

Defenseman Dan Girardi and Sean Avery both scored two goals and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight victory.

Opening the season with a stretch of three games in four nights was going to give coach John Tortorella a fast look at exactly what he had to work with for the 2009-2010 season.

The first few weeks of the Fantasy Hockey season are always intriguing, especially when it comes to the waiver wire.