Mika Zibanejad was a factor throughout the game and impressed Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette, even if it didn’t result in any offense.

Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette finally spoke about Matt Rempe's impact on the team after his return to action after serving an eight-game suspension.

Rangers coach Peter Laviolette paired the two when Miller returned from an upper-body injury on Dec. 28. While they didn’t gel right from the jump, they’ve quickly built chemistry and have arguably become the Rangers’ best two-way defensive pairing.

Coach Peter Laviolette has changed the team’s defensive alignment, returning to the 1-3-1 that served the team well last season. That said, no structure works without application, and after six weeks spent moping about the loss of locker room leaders Barclay Goodrow and Jacob Trouba, the team seems to have rediscovered their verve.

Since being traded away by the New York Rangers, forward Kaapo Kakko has found a new home with the Seattle Kraken. Amid a hot streak, the 23-year-old Finn dropped a bold message, aiming at Peter Laviolette and his former team.

"That's the frustrating part about it: to play so well for 58 minutes and not to capitalize," Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said.

Even on a night when their offense was nearly non-existent, the Rangers’ continued their recent winning ways. Thanks to Igor Shesterkin.

A difficult trip out west saw the New York Rangers pick up wins in Vegas and Utah, but fall in overtime in Colorado

NEW YORK -- Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and stopped all three shooters in the shootout to lift the New York Rangers to a 1-0 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. "We played awesome," Shesterkin said about the Rangers defensive effort.

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Vincent Trocheck was the lone scorer in a shootout win for the Rangers over the Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

No. 31 then closed out the evening by denying Adam Fantilli and Marchenko to give the Rangers their first shootout win in a game that ended 0-0 after overtime since they defeated the Washington Capitals on Dec. 27, 2017. They are 5-3 all-time in such games, including 4-2 at the Garden.