
Blackhawks join Bruins for Original 6 Cup finals
The Chicago Blackhawks have joined the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup finals, featuring Original Six NHL franchises for the first time since 1979.

Rangers fire coach John Tortorella
In a span of five days, John Tortorella went from out of the playoffs to out of a job. The feisty and combative coach was fired by the New York ...

Dbacks, Rangers postponed by unplayable field
The Arizona Diamondbacks will avoid having to play a doubleheader in Texas. Except now they will have to make an extra trip later in the season to ...

Bruins eliminate Rangers with 3-1 win in Game 5
Claude Julien decided not to give his goalie a pep talk after a pratfall in the crease handed the Rangers a goal that had the potential to turn the ...

Rangers top Bruins in OT, force Game 5 in Boston
During a sluggish first period, a difficult second period, and a tense third period, there were few signs the New York Rangers would be able to hold ...

Kreider keeps Rangers alive with OT goal
Chris Kreider proudly wore the Broadway Hat in the victorious New York Rangers dressing room as he tried to describe the feeling of saving his team's ...

Rangers scratch Richards for pivotal Game 4
Struggling Rangers center Brad Richards was a healthy scratch Thursday night when New York faced elimination in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference ...

Bruins rally, push Rangers to brink of elimination
John Tortorella's message isn't going to change even though his New York Rangers are in an even more desperate situation than before their latest loss ...

Paille's goal puts Bruins on verge of East finals
It took 40 years for Original Six rivals Boston and New York to face off again in the playoffs. Beantown's Bruins seem intent on wrapping up the ...

Bruins top Rangers 5-2 with all-out effort
The Bruins know a huge deficit can disappear quickly. They overcame one to reach the second round of the playoffs. So they weren't about to ease up ...

Boychuk breaks Game 2 tie, Bruins top Rangers 5-2
Claude Julien wanted his Bruins to play more aggressively in the third period. The Boston coach got his wish with the help of some shaky defense by ...

Marchand delivers to lift Bruins over Rangers 3-2
Brad Marchand left the morning skate early. The Bruins were thrilled he was on the ice at the end of the game Thursday night. More precisely, just a ...

Marchand lifts Bruins, 3-2 in OT over Rangers
Good things happen for the Bruins in overtime. Even for Brad Marchand. Boston's leading goal-scorer during the regular season scored his first of the ...

Capitals say Ovechkin played with hurt left foot
Alex Ovechkin played the last two games of the Washington Capitals' season with what the team said Thursday is a hairline fracture in his left foot.

Bruins, Rangers to carry on Boston-New York lore
After the marathon bombings, the cities of Boston and New York put aside their bitter rivalries and joined in their mutual love of sports and country.

4 of NHL's Original 6 among 8 still in playoffs
The NHL playoffs are off to a heart-pounding start with a record 17 games going to overtime in the first round. The end-to-end, hard-hitting action ...

Lundqvist leads Rangers past Caps 5-0 in Game 7
Midway through the third period of an anticlimactic — and unprecedented — Game 7 road victory for his New York Rangers, goalie Henrik Lundqvist fell ...

Rangers beat Caps 5-0 in Game 7 to reach 2nd round
It's been more than a decade since a goalie was as perfect over Games 6 and 7 of a playoff series as Henrik Lundqvist was for the New York Rangers ...
Boogaard family sues NHL for son's death
Joanne Boogaard watched her son Derek duke it out on the ice with other NHL tough guys for six seasons as one of the most feared enforcers in the ...

Rangers' Lundqvist shuts out Caps to force Game 7
Home-ice advantage has held up for six games between the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers. The Southeast Division champions hope it lasts ...

Lundqvist, Brassard keep Rangers alive vs. Caps
Henrik Lundqvist slammed his stick in disgust when an overtime loss in Washington put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination. Two days ...

Capitals frustrate Lundqvist, Rangers in 2-1 win
Henrik Lundqvist peeled off his goalie gear, took a seat and patiently answered all the questions about the New York Rangers' overtime loss to the ...

Capitals top Rangers 2-1 in OT, take series lead
The Washington Capitals were right on pace for another playoff collapse. They'd already blown a two-game lead. They gave up a goal in the first minute ...

Rangers hang on to beat Caps 4-3, tie series 2-2
If the New York Rangers are going to come all the way back and knock out Washington, they need to figure out how to transport their Madison Square ...

Rangers trim series deficit to 2-1 against Caps
The New York Rangers got just the offensive lift they were looking for when they pulled off a big trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets. No, not the ...