Artemi Panarin, who soared for the New York Rangers with his best regular season ever, is officially off to a fast start in these NHL playoffs.

Cult hero Matt Rempe scored his first-career playoff goal and Artemi Panarin got the fast playoff start that Ranger fans hoped for as the Blueshirts won Game 1 of their first-round series with the Washington Capitals, 4-1, in front of a sellout crowd of 18,006 at MSG.

Stefan Noesen grabbed a loose puck atop the crease and pushed it past Semyon Varlamov early in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Islanders 3-1 on Saturday to open their NHL playoff series.

Stefan Noesen grabbed a loose puck atop the crease and pushed it past Semyon Varlamov early in the third period to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Islanders 3-1 on Saturday to open their NHL playoff series.

Simon Holmstrom scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Ilya Sorokin stopped Sidney Crosby on a late penalty shot and the playoff-bound New York Islanders edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Wednesday night.

The Rangers face the Washington Capitals in the first round of the 2024 NHL playoffs. Here is our preview and prediction.

The Rangers will meet the Washington Capitals in the first round when the playoffs start this Saturday.

Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist and the Patrick Roy-led New York Islanders clinched one of the two remaining playoff berths in the Eastern Conference with a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.

With one game remaining for the Blueshirts, and two for the Islanders, here’s a look at their playoff clinching scenarios for this week…

Travis Konecny scored a short-handed breakaway goal and Samuel Ersson stopped 20 shots to keep the Philadelphia Flyers’ miniscule postseason hopes alive with one game left to play in a 1-0 win over the Devils on Saturday night.