(PhatzRadio / AP) — BOSTON – Claude Julien wanted his Bruins to play more aggressively in the third period. The Boston coach got his wish with the help of some shaky defence by the New York Rangers. A rare rough day for goalie Henrik Lundqvist certainly helped, too. Brad Marchand and Milan Lucic scored in [...]
NHL Playoff Roundup: Bruins beat Rangers 5-2, take 2-0 lead in Eastern Conference semis
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NHL Playoff Roundup: Marchand lifts Bruins past Rangers in OT
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Brad Marchand scored with 4:20 left in the first overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in the first playoff game in 40 years between the Original Six teams. Photo: AP/Charles Krupa) (PhatzRadio / AP) — BOSTON – Good things happen for the Bruins in overtime. Even for Brad Marchand. Boston’s [...]
NHL Playoffs Roundup: Bruins stun Leafs in OT, win Game 7, 5-4, after comeback
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Report: Family of former NHL enforcer Boogaard files wrongful-death lawsuit against NHL
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Paul Bereswill/Getty Images. Derek Boogaard made his living as an N.H.L. enforcer for six seasons.) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Derek Boogaard’s family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League, The New York Times reported Sunday. The newspaper reported the family claims in the lawsuit that the NHL is responsible for the brain [...]
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 Roundup: Capitals top Rangers 3-1 in Game 1
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin’s franchise-record 31st career playoff goal got the Capitals started before less-heralded teammates Marcus Johansson and Jason Chimera scored 46 seconds apart, and Washington beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Thursday night in Game 1 of their first-round series. Ovechkin, a two-time MVP who led the NHL with [...]
NHL playoff picture in the West set; three East matchups come down to final day
April 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — The Stanley Cup playoff picture in the Western Conference is set, but five of the eight seedings in the East will come down to the final day of the regular season. Sunday’s tilt between the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins, originally scheduled for April 15 but postponed because of the Boston [...]
NHL Roundup: Oilers rout Wild to prevent Minnesota from clinching playoff spot
April 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PAUL, Minn. – Corey Potter and Nail Yakupov both scored two goals, and the Edmonton Oilers prevented the Minnesota Wild from clinching a spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a 6-1 rout on Friday night. Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle each added a goal and two assists for the [...]
NHL Roundup: Rangers beat Hurricanes in overtime to clinch playoff berth
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — RALEIGH, N.C. – Rangers captain Ryan Callahan scored 2:55 into overtime, and New York rallied to clinch a third straight Eastern Conference playoff berth by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Thursday night. Brad Richards tied it for the Rangers with 2:57 remaining in regulation after New York blew an early [...]
NHL Roundup: Brad Richards notched his first NHL hat trick in an 8-4 rout of the Buffalo Sabres
April 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio/ AP) — BUFFALO, N.Y. – The New York Rangers scored five times in a span of less than 3 minutes and Brad Richards notched his first NHL hat trick in an 8-4 rout of the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night. The five-goal spurt at the end of the opening period and the beginning of [...]
