Rangers show fight as Kaapo Kaako’s late goal snaps five-game skid with win over Canadiens
NY Post
There is still fight in New York.
It’s been a whirlwind of a week for the Rangers, who descended into a state of unrest amid a five-game losing streak that set off a siren throughout the organization.
Each loss seemed to hit like a gut punch, until the Blueshirts finally struck back with a nail-biting 4-3 win over the Canadiens Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden — delivered via a power-play goal from Kaapo Kakko with 24 seconds left.
“It was needed,” said Filip Chytil, who returned to the lineup — along with Chris Kreider — for the first time in seven games since avoiding a concussion. “It wasn’t the nicest win, but we get the two points.”
There has been something intangible missing from this team since the start of the season. For a majority of this game, however, the Rangers’ emotions seeped out.
They pushed. There was a sort of engagement on the ice we haven’t seen.
The Knicks face elimination Tuesday night.
It was a history-making week that changed very little in the NFL hierarchy.
The Rangers do not play again until Friday when the Penguins come to the Garden, but the next three days will be the most critical of a season that is fast becoming a sinkhole.
During my vacation the past few weeks, a plugged-in agent told me it was his sense that the Mets were not playing at the top of the starting pitching market for Corbin Burnes and Max Fried.
Amazingly, the Knicks haven’t faced an Eastern Conference opponent with a winning record since October.
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The Jets dropped their third straight game and eighth in their last nine on Sunday, a 26-21 loss to the Seahawks that sends them to 3-9 this season.
Bills fans maybe had a little too much fun in the snow Sunday night as Buffalo defeated the 49ers, 35-10.
The Mets have identified their next starting pitching project.
The Knicks reached the three-quarter pole of the basketball season Sunday night, and if they wanted to celebrate the occasion, they couldn’t have asked for a better patsy. Right now, the poor Pelicans are everyone’s favorite Homecoming Game, Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram bedecked in sweaters and strapped to the injured list.
Christian McCaffrey left Sunday’s game with a knee injury after he suffered what appeared to be a non-contact injury and it may be the reason his 2024 season ends.