New York Rangers News

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.

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.

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

Calgary goalie Mikka Kiprusoff, left, makes a save against New York's Marian Gaborik.

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

Edmonton Oilers centre Mike Comrie tries to keep tabs on New York Rangers winger Marian Gaborik during Thursday night's game at Rexall Place.

Goalie Curtis McElhinney's superb pinch-hit performance for an ailing Miikka Kiprusoff during Wednesday's 3-2 NHL overtime win over the host Dallas Stars earned the trust of the Calgary Flames' coaching staff.

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.

After struggling over the past two weeks, the New York Rangers again feel like they're heading in the right direction.

EDMONTON, Alberta - Ales Kotalik had a goal and two assists, and the Rangers halted a four-game road-losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

"Yes, we have interest in Forsberg," GM Glen Sather said. "From the reports we've been getting, the foot is much better than it was a year ago.

After going through the first month and 15 games of the season with Ryan Callahan as the team's only alternate captain, the Rangers awarded an "A" to Vinny Prospal before last night's match here against the Canucks.

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.

Tom Renney is bracing himself for his first game against the New York Rangers since being fired as their coach less than a year ago.

New York Rangers coach John Tortorella, shown in this file photo, may very well be wincing again on Wednesday after being fined $10,000 by the NHL.

Michael Del Zotto is 19 years old and according to Rangers head coach John Tortorella, even acts his age at times.

In this Oct. 11, 2000 file photo, New York Rangers' Brian Leetch controls the puck in front of Montreal Canadiens' Patrick Poulin during the first period at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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.

After knocking off the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, the Vancouver Canucks hope to score a win over one of the Eastern Conference's elite teams in the New York Rangers tonight at General Motors Place before departing on a five-game road trip beginning on Thursday.

New York Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto has been selected as the NHL's top rookie for the month of October.