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In the past few days, the top defensive pairing of the New York Rangers has completely changed due to an injury and a trade. Still within striking distance in a crowded Eastern Conference race for one of two wild-card spots,

Defensemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren and forward Gustav Nyquist were on the move as three Central Division teams got a jump on the NHL’s looming trade deadline.

High-scoring winger Mats Zuccarello has a nose for the net. Since Kirill Kaprizov's debut, the pair are one-two on the Wild in team scoring.

Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled defenseman David Jiricek (YIHR-ih- chehk) from the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League (AHL) and reassigned forwards Marat Khusnutdinov and Liam Ohgren to Iowa.

Before the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs duked it out on the ice, Blueshirts fans at Madison Square Garden booed the Canadian national anthem.

The Rangers are one of the three teams outside of the playoff picture that the Islanders need to leapfrog – in addition to Columbus (62 points) and Boston (61 points). The Detroit Red Wings (64 points) and Ottawa Senators (62 points) currently occupy the two wild card spots in the east.

The NHL’s trade market was heating up Saturday, and the Minnesota Wild struck by acquiring veteran winger Gustav Nyquist from Nashville in exchange for a second-round draft pick. This follows an earlier trade Saturday that saw the Colorado Avalanche land defenseman Ryan Lindgren from the New York Rangers.

J.T. Miller and K'Andre Miller scored in a span of 2:23 early in the second period as the New York Rangers earned a 4-0 victory over the visiting Nashville Predators on Sunday night.