Braden Holtby

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 later, the star goalie pumped his arm and let out an emphatic yell when his shutout kept the Rangers alive...

The Sports Xchange Rangers 5, Capitals 0 WASHINGTON -- Before his team caught a flight to the nation's capital ahead of Monday night's seventh and deciding game against the Washington Capitals, New York Rangers coach John Tortorella told reporters...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Rangers 5, Capitals 0 Rangers 5, Capitals 0: Henrik Lundqvist turned aside 35 shots to post his second consecutive shutout and make fourth-liner Arron Asham's first-period goal stand up as New York recorded the franchise's first...

The Sports Xchange Rangers clobber Caps in Game 7 shutout WASHINGTON -- Maybe New York Rangers coach John Tortorella was simply being prophetic when he said Game 7 is when "you make your legacy as a player." Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist took another...

The sixth-seeded New York Rangers and Southeast Division champion Washington Capitals are no strangers to facing off in a decisive Game 7. After the Rangers defeated the Capitals in last season's Eastern Conference second-round series with a 2-1 home...

The Sports Xchange Denis Gorman, The Sports Xchange Rangers 1, Capitals 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Derick Brassard scored the only goal in the New York Rangers' 1-0 win over the Washington Capitals in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series...

EditorsNote: Changed third graf Rangers blank Capitals to force Game 7 NEW YORK -- John Tortorella does not think Derick Brassard understands the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And the coach of the New York Rangers believes that is a positive. "Look at...

NEW YORK — They haven't met in the playoffs in 40 years. They haven't meant when it has really mattered since Emile Francis was coach and Glen Sather was one of his Rangers players. They haven't meant since Orr and Espo were in Boston and Don Cherry...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Rangers 1, Capitals 0 Rangers 1, Capitals 0: Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots for his seventh career playoff shutout and Derick Brassard scored midway through the second period to help host New York force Game 7 in its...

You know how a winning team always gives credit to the home crowd? Well, here's a little secret: That's usually just something players say to make the fans feel good. Sunday, though, Rangers fans really made a difference in the team's season-saving 1-...

The lack of penalties on the Rangers in Game 6 -- none until the scrum at the final buzzer Sunday -- irritated the Capitals, especially after what they saw as a slew foot by Derek Dorsett with 6:14 left in the third period. Mike Green retaliated and was...

Soon after Henrik Lundqvist, Derick Brassard and the Rangers finished off a down-to-the-wire 1-0 win over the Capitals in Game 6 Sunday at the Garden, coach John Tortorella declared Monday night's Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals as a...