After members of the 2016 Stanley Cup-winning team were honored in a pregame ceremony, which included Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan and the currently injured Conor Sheary, the energy in the building was palpable from puck drop to the final whistle.

RANGERS RUNDOWN The New York Rangers will face the Pittsburgh Penguins for the third time this season in a Saturday afternoon matchup (3:30 PM ET – TV: ABC – Radio: ESPN 880 AM). The Rangers will play

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anthony Mantha and Noel Acciari scored two goals apiece, and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins held off the New York Rangers 6-5 on Saturday for their sixth straight victory. Mantha and Acciari beat Jonathan Quick twice in a span of just over three minutes early in the first period to give the Penguins an early cushion.

There is something perversely ironic about the current state of the Rangers and Penguins, after the two clubs swapped coaches this past summer.

New York Rangers (22-27-6, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (27-14-11, in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins host the New York Rangers after Connor Dewar’s two-goal Chicago Blackhawks in the Penguins’ 6-2 win.

The Los Angeles Kings have acquired star winger Artemi Panarin from the New York Rangers in a blockbuster deal, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman. The trade speculation around Panarin picked up when the Rangers made him a healthy scratch for trade-related reasons ahead of their Jan.