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If you have any doubt the New Jersey Devils are frustrating the New York Rangers in their Eastern Conference finals, just look at Game 4.
NEW YORK - Rangers rookie Chris Kreider and defenseman Dan Girardi both had a goal and an assist in the third period, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 21 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, as weary New York opened the Eastern Conference finals with a 3-0 victory over the well-rested New Jersey Devils Monday night.
Dale Hunter quit as coach of the Washington Capitals Monday after less than one full season in the job, telling the team he wants to return to his family in Canada.
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Los Angeles gave up goal from the center line, another tying goal on a miscommunication.
Tim Thomas never even saw the goal that ended the Bruins’ season.
From how Seguin shone late in the first round, it was clear that the instruction he’s received from coach Claude Julien and the rest of the staff has taken hold.
The Vancouver Canucks have signed head coach Alain Vigneault to a contract extension. The Canucks have posted the NHL's best regular-season record for the last two seasons under Vigneault.
The Phoenix Coyotes avoided a sweep with a gutty performance in Los Angeles. They couldn't do it again back home in the desert, though the disappointment shouldn't linger too long.
A great road playoff run has the Los Angeles Kings in a place they haven't been since the Great One was skating in Southern California.
Martin Brodeur made 27 saves and survived a third-period punch to the chin by old buddy Mike Rupp as the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers , 4-1, Monday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference Finals, 2-2.
Cancel the coronation, or at least postpone it. The Phoenix Coyotes are still hanging around.
John Tortorella stood out again at a playoff news conference. Only this time it was because of his feistiness toward the New Jersey Devils and not for his brevity and contentiousness with the media.
The Bruins could have and probably should have erased the Capitals in Round 1, and even a half-decent power play would have made that possible.
Bruins center Patrice Bergeron finally revealed it was an abdominal injury that nearly knocked him out of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Capitals.
Defenseman Mike Green’s slap shot on a power play with 5:48 left in regulation was the go-ahead goal, lifting the Capitals to a Game 4 victory over the Rangers.
Bruins’ general manager Peter Chiarelli said he isn’t inclined to make a goaltending change and it’s likely that Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask will be both be back for the 2012-13 season.
For the last two games of the series, Patrice Bergeron tried to fight through a serious injury. After the 2-1 overtime loss in Game 7, the Bruins star center wasn’t ready to disclose what had reduced his game to a shade of its usual efficiency.
But late in the series, Washington’s third and fourth lines outplayed their Boston counterparts. In the playoffs, when just one goal separated the two clubs, the difference between the plumbers played a part in Washington’s victory.
Hardly half an hour had passed since Joel Ward ended the Bruins’ march toward a second Stanley Cup in two years.
The nature of hockey, often full of curious endings, crazy calls, nutty bounces, and pinball justice, is that teams are often left with less than they deserve.
