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: Stepan's PPG the winner in 2-1 defeat of Caps
Photo credit: Jim McIsaac
There's a main game story and notebook with the key storylines elsewhere here on newsday.com.
Here's more quotes, stats and observations:
So the Rangers are 8-3-1 after losing the first two games of the season, and had a season-high 20 shots on goal in the first, a very good sign.
But the key was the sixth PPG of the year, by Derek Stepan, his second goal in the last...
