For the Rangers on Thursday night, offense came from the defense. The Blueshirts’ back end was firing on all cylinders in a 4-2 win over the Senators.

Brandon Hagel scored two goals as the surging Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to seven games with a 4-1 victory Saturday over the New York Rangers, who continued their home woes.

A night that seemed like it would end in disaster, turned into a momentous 5-4 overtime victory for the New York Rangers over the Montreal Canadiens.

This was just the Rangers' third win at Madison Square Garden in 12 tries. "Finally, we make our fans happy,” Artemi Panarin said postgame.

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With fewer distractions, perhaps the New York Rangers will produce a better result Tuesday night, when they host the Vancouver

Sullivan pointed out that with the NHL’s points system, where teams get two points for a win, and one for an overtime or shootout loss, it is difficult to create separation between teams battling for position in the standings. So his message to the team is to just worry about your own games, and not your competition’s.