Your browser does not support iframes. If the Philadelphia Flyers or New York Rangers needed a two-win edge to advance to the next round, we might have to wait until July for this thing to be resolved, but as it is the Rangers were able to edge out Philadelphia 2-1 in Game 7. In the end, the difference in this series was the second period of tonight’s contest. Those 20-minutes were a largely one-sided...
Forwards Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks and Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers are the three finalists for the 2013-14 Hart Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team,” the National Hockey League announced today. ...
(Reuters) - Sidney Crosby, Ryan Getzlaf and Claude Giroux were named on Thursday as the three finalists for the National Hockey League's Hart Memorial Trophy. The three Canadians were chosen by members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association as the nominees for the most valuable player award, with the winner to be revealed in Las Vegas on June 24. Crosby is the only one of the trio who has...
The San Jose Sharks exit the 2014 NHL playoffs in historic fashion, blowing a 3-0 series lead and losing 5-1 in Game 7 to the Los Angeles Kings. But it's not as bad as it looks, and the Sharks shouldn't do anything drastic....
Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf and Philadelphia's Claude Giroux are finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy. The NHL announced the finalists Thursday for the trophy, which essentially serves as the league's MVP award....
The Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins renew one of the NHL's greatest feuds while the Los Angeles Kings battle the Anaheim Ducks in a clash of Southern California rivals as part of a mouthwatering slate of second-round series. The enigmatic Pittsburgh Penguins and equally perplexing New York Rangers should provide fans with more anxious moments while the Chicago Blackhawks continue the defence of...
Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf and Philadelphia's Claude Giroux have been named finalists for the Hart Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player, the league said Thursday. Canadian superstar Crosby is a finalist for the fourth time after leading the NHL with 104 points this season, registering at least one point in 60 of the 80 games he played. Crosby scored 36 goals and led the...
The Flyers turned the worst start in team history into a playoff berth. The Flyers simply ran out of comebacks. Just as it has in every season since winning it all in 1975, Philadelphia heads home without a Stanley Cup. The New York Rangers eliminated the Flyers with a 2-1 win in Game 7 in the first round on Wednesday, extending their championship drought to 38 seasons, the sixth-longest streak in...
NEW YORK -- The New York Rangers got second-period goals from Daniel Carcillo and Benoit Pouliot to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference First Round series on Wednesday. The Rangers advance to the second roun......
His shutout ended on a tip-in goal from the Rangers’ Carl Hagelin with less than seven minutes to go. Flyers goalie Steve Mason was a bit down after what had been one continuous spectacular effort in a playoff game. And then the fans picked him up. “Mason, Mason,” they chanted louder and louder. Finally, Mason raised his stick amid a standing ovation in acknowledgement. Watershed moments like that...
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Just minutes after the Kings booked Game 7 of their opening-round series against San Jose, the National Hockey League announced start times for all of Wednesday’s Game 7s — the two confirmed ones (L.A.-San Jose, Colorado-Minnesota) and the one that could still go the distance (Flyers-Rangers): The starting time for a potential Game 7 of the series between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers,...
The New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers will go the distance in a playoff series for just the second time when they meet at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. The Rangers and Flyers haven't met in a Game 7 since facing off in Philadelphia in the 1974 semifinals, when the Broad Street Bullies slugged their way to their first Stanley Cup. Perhaps inspired by those legendary teams, Philadelphia...
The NHL has three Game 7s (or Games 7, if you prefer) on Wednesday, as the Philadelphia Flyers face the New York Rangers; the Minnesota Wild face the Colorado Avalanche; and the Los Angeles Kings facing the San Jose Sharks. The Elias Sports Bureau states that home teams are 90-59 all-time in Game 7s. That’s a .604 percent winning percentage. So figure two of the home teams are winning tonight. Join...
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Right winger Jaromir Jagr re-signed with the New Jersey Devils, the team announced Wednesday. Jagr was named one of three finalists for the 2013-14 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on Wednesday. The Devils named the 42-year-old Jagr their most valuable player this season after he led them in assists (43), points (67), plus-minus (plus-16), game-winning goals (six) and shots (231). The 6-foot-3, 230-pound...
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury knows the critics will always be there. If his play in the Penguins' recent Eastern Conference playoff series is any indication, he doesn't seem to mind. Fleury passed his confidence test with flying colors, winning his first postseason series in four years as Pittsburgh beat Columbus in six games. He hopes the ride continues as the Penguins prepare...
In Wednesday night’s three Game 7s, there are three head coaches participating in their first seventh games: Rookie bench bosses Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche and Craig Berube of the Philadelphia Flyers, as well as Mike Yeo of the Minnesota Wild, whose only playoff appearance as head coach was a five-game ouster by the Chicago Blackhawks. So how are they approaching the biggest games of their...
Right winger Jaromir Jagr re-signed with the New Jersey Devils, the team announced Wednesday. Jagr was named one of three finalists for the 2013-14 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on Wednesday. The Devils named the 42-year-old Jagr their most valuable player this season after he led them in assists (43), points (67), plus-minus (plus-16), game-winning goals (six) and shots (231). The 6-foot-3, 230-pound...
Coming into Game 7, the Philadelphia Flyers had to do something they'd yet to do in their first-round series with the New York Rangers: win an even-numbered game. They simply couldn't break the pattern. The Rangers will advance to Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs after a 2-1 Game 7 win over the Flyers in a game that was as close as the series that necessitated it. The first period? A dead heat,...