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NEW YORK — Having clinched a playoff spot on Monday night, when the Florida Panthers and Buffalo Sabres lost, the Rangers’ focus for the remainder of the regular season is just get their work in, try and fine-tune their game and stay healthy.

RALEIGH, N.C. — If the Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes meet in the playoffs next month, it has the potential to be a really great series.

NEW YORK — Remember that chemistry the Rangers kept telling us they were searching for in the first few days after the NHL trade deadline?

NEW YORK — The Rangers haven’t looked good in probably a month, since they dismantled the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh the night before the Super Bowl. But coming off a three-game road trip on which they went 2-0-1, they feel as though they are starting to find themselves.

PHILADELPHIA — Think the Rangers are happy to have Patrick Kane on their team?

Before recapping all the crazy stuff that’s been going on in the Rangers’ pursuit of Chicago star Patrick Kane over the last week, and the nutty stuff that happened on Sunday, it should be noted that the Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings, 5-2, Sunday at Madison Square Garden to…

EDMONTON, Alberta — At the New York Rangers’ morning skate Friday, coach Gerard Gallant was asked how he felt about playing the Edmonton Oilers with Connor McDavid sitting on 99 points.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Rangers were the more tired team. The very well rested Hurricanes were the team with something to avenge.

NEW YORK — The Rangers, clamoring all season for a top-six right wing season, may have caught the NHL off-guard by pulling the trigger three weeks before the trade deadline on Thursday’s deal to acquire sniper Vladimir Tarasenko from the St. Louis Blues.

As they began the post-All-Star break portion of their schedule Monday at Madison Square Garden against the visiting Calgary Flames, the Rangers were gearing up for a playoff push that will see them play 33 games in 67 days to close out the season.

NEW YORK — Gerard Gallant gets questioned a lot about how often he changes up his team’s forward lines, but the Rangers coach switched the lines again for Monday night’s game at Madison Square Garden against the Florida Panthers, and everything seemed to work out perfectly for the Blueshirts.