... defense is going to be keying on them." - Advertisement - Washington opened the playoffs by losing twice to the New York Rangers and had to rally from a 3-1 deficit to advance. The Capitals had no desire to have to do the same thing against ...

... the head. There is still no uniform resolution how to control that and what the penalty should be to offenders. New York Rangers forward Blair Betts sustained the first major injury of these playoffs, when Washington enforcer Donald Brashear ...

... after scoring and cheers echoed through Madison Square Garden in what might have been his last home game with the New York Rangers. New York staved off elimination, in what it hopes was the start of a monumental comeback, by beating the Pittsburgh ...

... in the playoffs. So much for the speculation Marian Hossa couldn't score big postseason goals. So much for the New York Rangers, too, whose decided edge in experience meant nothing in a five-game series in which the Penguins' superior talent ...

... consecutive games in 1952. Franzen has 15 points in 11 playoff games, tying Jaromir Jagr of the already-eliminated New York Rangers. Against a Stars team skating much harder than it did in the series opener, Helm helped Detroit get off to a good ...

... Pittsburgh took out the Madison Square Garden crowd 1:02 into Game 3 of the second round when Hossa scored against the New York Rangers. The loudest noises that reined down from the rafters at Wachovia Center came in the form of groans, first when ...

... victory Thursday night, forcing a Game 5 in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Just as they did after taking a 3-0 lead over the New York Rangers in the second round, the Penguins were beaten on the road in Game 4. Pittsburgh wrapped up that series at home ...

... point, the team has made a huge turnaround." The Flyers fell behind in the series 3-0, just as Ottawa and the New York Rangers did in Pittsburgh's previous two series, as the Penguins needed only 14 games to reach the Cup finals. They are ...

... year against their AHL team, the Phantoms. Philadelphia will get going for real next Saturday when they host the New York Rangers. New Jersey opens the night before at home against the Islanders. Oddly, the Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins Atlantic ...

... Gretzky seems to be ready to call it a career. Gretzky has invited his family to come to New York on Sunday for the New York Rangers' regular-season finale against Pittsburgh, an end to a second straight non-playoff season for the Blueshirts ...