Rangers’ Ryan Lindgren sheds face shield after preseason surgery
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Rangers’ Ryan Lindgren sheds face shield after preseason surgery

For the first time since undergoing jaw surgery in the preseason, Ryan Lindgren shed the bubble helmet for practice on Saturday.  “You kind of got used to it,” Lindgren told The Post before the Rangers departed for Seattle to begin their first four-game road trip of the season. “But it’s…

Alexander Romanov’s return to Islanders practice isn’t all positive news
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Alexander Romanov’s return to Islanders practice isn’t all positive news

EDMONTON, Alberta — The good news for the Islanders is that Alexander Romanov returned to practice Monday, a positive sign that the defenseman will be back from an upper-body injury sooner rather than later. The bad news is that his return will not come in time for Tuesday night’s match…

Islanders blow lead and waste Ilya Sorokin’s heroics in loss to Devils
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Islanders blow lead and waste Ilya Sorokin’s heroics in loss to Devils

For everything that’s gone sideways for the Islanders in this month-old season, one thing has gone unequivocally and absolutely right. That is Ilya Sorokin. For two periods on Saturday night, the goalie again carried the Islanders. And then late in the third — with the game seemingly in hand —…

Igor Shesterkin’s value should make cap crunch least of Rangers’ worries
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Igor Shesterkin’s value should make cap crunch least of Rangers’ worries

Please do not take this as an unqualified endorsement of the party that believes the Rangers should simply pay Igor Shesterkin whatever he wants. But at the same time, I am bemused hearing talk about whether Minnesota’s resplendent Kirill Kaprizov, currently under contract for two more years at an AAV…