Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOW There haven’t been many Battles of New York in recent memory with as many playoff implications as the last couple games between the Rangers and Islanders.

For the second night in a row, the New York Rangers walked away with a 4–0 win at Madison Square Garden against a low-scoring opponent — this time against the New York Islanders, and with Igor Shesterkin in net.

Panarin gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 8:32 of the first period on a slap shot from the right circle on a partial breakaway. Alexis Lafreniere made a cross-ice pass to Panarin through the neutral zone, and he beat Annunen glove side.

Jonathan Quick finished with 34 saves to post his third shutout of the season for the Rangers and the 63rd of his career.

Artemi Panarin, J.T. Miller, K’Andre Miller and Brett Berard scored and Jonathan Quick made 35 saves as the New York Rangers defeated the Nashville Predators 4-0 on Sunday night. Mika Zibanejad added two assists as the Rangers won for the sixth time in nine games.

As they continue to reshape their roster, the New York Rangers did not play forward Reilly Smith, 33, on Sunday in a 4-0 win over the Nashville Predators for roster management reasons, as he is a likely candidate to be traded before Friday's NHL deadline.

NHL trade deadline looms, the New York Rangers are playing it safe with pending unrestricted free agent Reilly Smith, who won’t play Sunday versus the Nashville Predators due to trade-related reasons,