Steve Eminger

NEW YORK — Sometimes the King wins. And sometimes the serfs win. The Yankees' Andy Pettitte might be the king of Game 2 in New York postseason lore, but Henrik Lundqvist had developed into the lord of Game 3. Entering this third game of the...

NEW YORK After the Rangers slipped to the brink of elimination Tuesday with a 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at the Garden, a win that gave the Bruins a commanding 3-0 in the series, the talk was about...

It was as close as predicted, the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between two similar teams, the Rangers and Bruins, with the score tied at 2 after regulation. But then came overtime, which has not been kind to the Rangers in the...

Torey Krug was minutes away from that quintessential minor league hockey experience -- the long and tedious bus ride -- when he received an unexpected and tremendously exciting phone call. He wasn't going to Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He was coming to Boston....

The Bruins were faced with an interesting predicament as they began their Eastern Conference semifinal against the New York Rangers last night at the Garden. They had to somehow get past the euphoria of their amazing comeback victory over the Toronto...

Boston and New York are natural geographical rivals, and that has always extended to the cities' sports teams. There are the Red Sox and Yankees, of course. The Celtics and Knicks have had their battles through the decades. And the Patriots have been...

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 Flyers need help. They missed the playoffs for just the second time in the last 18 years, and their offseason wish list figures to include a productive winger and a top defenseman. In other words, they will try to add players similar to those they...

Defenseman Marc Staal, struggling with vision problems, did not dress for Game 5 Friday night and could not say when he might rejoin the Rangers lineup. Staal, who played 17 minutes in Game 3, then pulled himself out of Game 4 after the morning skate...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Rangers 4, Capitals 3 Rangers 4, Capitals 3: Derek Stepan scored to snap a tie with 6:25 remaining in the third period as host New York won Game 3 to trim its deficit to 2-1 in the Eastern Conference first-round series....