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Blue Notes

Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers, and also writes about the NHL, off and on the ice.

Post-Game Xtra: Rangers 5, Lightning 1. Perfect? No, but huge

Rick Nash #61 of the New York Rangers

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac

If the season ended today, the Rangers would be in the playoffs.

Of course, that's the old adage, because there are plenty of games to play and bullets to dodge, yet for the first time, following the 5-1 defeat of the Lightning at MSG, the Blueshirts are in 8th place in the East with 12 points (6-5).

After losing the first two games of the season, the Rangers are 6 of...

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