May 24, 2013

NHL Playoffs Roundup: Bruins stun Leafs in OT, win Game 7, 5-4, after comeback

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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins turned back Toronto’s comeback with a rally of their own. Trailing by three goals in the third period and still by two with less than 90 seconds left in their season, the Bruins scored twice in a span of 31 seconds to tie it and then eliminated the Maple [...]

NHL Playoff Roundup: Bruins edge Leafs in OT

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TORONTO (AP) — Wins are not supposed to come easy in the playoffs and, after picking up a couple of three-goal victories over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first three games of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the Bruins had to put on their hard hats to win last night. There were a few fresh [...]

NHL Playoff Roundup: Bruins crash Leafs’ playoff party

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — The Boston Bruins spoiled the return of playoff hockey to Toronto, scoring two quick goals in the second period in a 5-2 victory over the Maple Leafs on Monday night. Adam McQuaid, Rich Peverley, Nathan Horton, Daniel Paille and David Krejci, with an empty-net goal with 1:17 remaining, scored for Boston [...]

NHL Playoff Roundup: Caps beat Rangers in overtime 1-0

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist and Braden Holtby kicked, swiped, caught and otherwise kept getting in the way of the puck, matching each other save-for-save for a second shy of 68 minutes, until Mike Green scored the power-play goal in overtime that gave the Washington Capitals a sweep at home to open their playoff series [...]

NHL Playoff Capsules: Penguins overwhelm Islanders 5-0 in Game 1

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Pascal Dupuis scored twice, Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves, and the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins opened the playoffs with a 5-0 romp over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night. Beau Bennett, Kris Letang and Tanner Glass also scored for the Penguins, who had no trouble against the upstart [...]

NHL Roundup: Kessel lifts Maple Leafs to 4-3 win over Rangers

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — TORONTO — Phil Kessel scored twice to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Monday night to open an important home-and-home series between the Eastern Conference rivals. Toronto (22-13-4) remained fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, moving four points ahead of idle Ottawa [...]

NHL Roundup: Canadiens top Bruins in shootout

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BOSTON (AP) — Andrei Markov tied it with 8.2 seconds left in regulation, and Brendan Gallagher scored the only shootout goal to give the Montreal Canadiens a 6-5 victory over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. The victory snapped a tie for the second-most points in the Eastern Conference, giving the Canadiens 47. They lead [...]

NHL Roundup: Penguins blank Rangers for 8th win in a row

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Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Pittsburgh Penguins makes a save against the New York Rangers while recording his 23rd franchise leading shut out during the game at Consol Energy Center on March 16, 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Penguins defeated the Rangers 3-0. (March 15, 2013 – Source: Justin K. Aller/Getty Images North America) PITTSBURGH [...]

NHL Roundup: Blackhawks point streak continues; blank Blues 4-0

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Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks moves the puck up ice against Kris Russell #4 of the St. Louis Blues at the Scottrade Center on February 28, 2013 in St. Louis, Missouri. (February 27, 2013 – Source: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images North America) ST. LOUIS — Jonathan Toews scored twice, and Ray Emery and Corey [...]

NHL Roundup: Devils rally to conquer Capitals

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Alex Semin interferes with Mattias Tedenby (Photo credit: Andy Marlin) WASHINGTON (AP) — Ilya Kovalchuk scored the tiebreaking goal on a 5-on-3 power play with about 8 1/2 minutes left to complete the New Jersey Devils’ 3-2 comeback victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Washington led 2-1 entering the third period on power-play [...]