PITTSBURGH -- The New York Rangers used three-point efforts from centers Derick Brassard and Mats Zuccarello to stave off elimination in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series on Friday night at CONSOL Energy Center, beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1. The Rangers' much maligned power play proved to be the difference in the game, tallying twice. Before Game 5, New York's power play had been on...
Derick Brassard scored twice, including New York's first power-play goal in 10 games, and the Rangers avoided elimination with a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday night. Brassard ended New York's 0-for-36 slide with the man advantage by beating Marc-Andre Fleury late in the first period. Ryan McDonagh added another power-play goal in the...
Jussi Jokinen turned blindly and flung the puck almost absentmindedly at New York Rangers net. Considering the postseason run the skilled but often overlooked Pittsburgh Penguins forward is having, what happened next shouldn't have been a surprise. The puck deflected off New York defenseman Marc Staal's skate and by a surprised Henrik Lundqvist for Jokinen's sixth goal of the playoffs, tied for most...
Dale Weise is finding out what it's like to be a Montreal Canadien when they're winning in the springtime. Some were not happy when general manager Marc Bergevin sent defenseman Raphael Diaz to Vancouver Canucks for the little-known Weise on Feb. 3 Now the energetic fourth-line winger is becoming a playoff star. His breakaway goal in Game 3 of a NHL Eastern Conference semifinal on Tuesday night became...
NEW YORK -- The Pittsburgh Penguins recorded a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers in Game 4 of the Metropolitan Division finals at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins lead the best-of-seven series 3-1 and can close it out in Game 5 Friday in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh received goals from left wingers Chris Kunitz and Jussi Jokinen, and centers Brandon Sutter and Evgeni Malkin, who also recorded an assist....
The Pittsburgh Penguins have had so much success at Madison Square Garden, they might not have to make a return trip to Broadway until next season. Brandon Sutter scored a short-handed goal to break a second-period tie, and the Penguins rode that momentum to move within one win of the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. Pittsburgh, which has won...
NEW YORK -- The Pittsburgh Penguins turned in a strong defensive effort, despite being down a man, thwarting the New York Rangers 4-2 in Game 4 of the Metropolitan Division finals at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. The Penguins lead the best-of-seven series 3-1 and can close it out in Game 5 on Friday in Pittsburgh. A win would put the Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight...
Henrik Lundqvist had little help in front of him and couldn't rescue the New York Rangers from the loss that pushed them to the brink of elimination. That series-opening overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins less than a week ago is now a distant memory as the Rangers have dropped three straight since - including back-to-back losses at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins can advance to the Eastern...
Rangers forward Chris Kreider has been medically cleared to play and could rejoin New York's lineup for Game 4 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kreider participated in the team's morning skate. Neither he nor coach Alain Vigneault will say if he will play Wednesday night. The 23-year-old Kreider broke his left hand on March 21 and underwent surgery a week later after playing in two games....
Ron Hextall got his ''dream job.'' Hextall was promoted to general manager by the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday to replace Paul Holmgren, who was elevated to president. Hextall is Philadelphia's all-time winningest goalie and served as assistant GM last year. ''I've been very fortunate to work under Bobby Clarke, Paul Holmgren, and Dean Lombardi out in Los Angeles - three very good people but also...
New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault finally took a shot at his club's taxing postseason schedule, but still won't say his players are tired. Judging by their effort in their latest loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, he might be right. The Rangers pressed the pace and widely outshot the talented Penguins, but New York came out on the short end of a 2-0 decision on Monday - their second shutout defeat...
Rangers coach Alain Vigneault is shaking up his lineup again for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Rugged forward Derek Dorsett, who took a boarding penalty that led to a goal in the third period of the Rangers' 3-0 loss Sunday, sat out Monday for the first time in these playoffs, along with forward Daniel Carcillo and defenseman John Moore. Forwards...
(Reuters) - Sidney Crosby ended a 13-game playoff scoring drought as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 2-0 on Monday to seize control of their second-round playoff series. Following their 3-0 win on Sunday, the Penguins now enjoy a 2-1 edge in the best-of-seven series with Game Three set for New York on Wednesday. Crosby sparked things when he netted a breakaway early in the second-period...
Sidney Crosby scored his first goal. Marc-Andre Fleury posted his second straight shutout. The New York Rangers' power play still is proving to be nothing more than a problem for the Broadway Blueshirts. So it is no surprise the Pittsburgh Penguins have taken control of an Eastern Conference semifinal that suddenly seems one-sided....
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins pulled even at one game apeice in their best-of-seven series with the New York Rangers with a 3-0 victory at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Sunday night....
PITTSBURGH -- Defenseman Kris Letang had a goal and an assist and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury earned his seventh career playoff shutout as the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled even at one game apiece in their best-of-seven series with the New York Rangers with a 3-0 victory at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Sunday night. "Almost to a man, I think our game was at another level tonight," said Penguins...
Whether or not fatigue had anything to do with the New York Rangers' listless performance in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Pittsburgh Penguins, they don't have much time to mull it over. New York will play its fifth game in seven days Monday night when it looks to recapture the series lead in Game 3 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers have been a victim of the NHL schedule...
Sidney Crosby flicked the puck away from a New York Ranger, darted around another and veered in on Henrik Lundqvist. The fact the Pittsburgh Penguins looked like the Pittsburgh Penguins was hardly a coincidence. Kris Letang broke a scoreless tie in the second period and Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves for his seventh playoff shutout to lift the Penguins to a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers on...
The way Derick Brassard and Benoit Pouliot were furiously pouring in overtime goals, the New York Rangers didn't exactly look like a group in need of a day off. Brassard beat Marc-Andre Fleury 3:06 into overtime - with Pouliot bizarrely doing the same seven seconds later - and the Rangers stunned the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday night. The winner officially...
PITTSBURGH - The New York Rangers accomplished something Friday that they had never done at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh: beat the Penguins in Game 1 of a playoff series. They did so thanks to center Derick Brassard's game-winning goal at 3:06 of overtime to give the Rangers a 3-2 victory and a 1-0 series lead. "We thought we were in pretty good position after two periods to be tied in this building,...