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BOSTON -- "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." That might be what the Rangers' defense and their goalie, Henrik Lundqvist, are saying about Bruins forwards Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand after the two connected on essentia...

What it means: The Rangers are now staring down the same series deficit they faced in Round 1 after a 5-2 loss to the Bruins in Game 2, though the Bruins exhibited a killer instinct Sunday that the Capitals never seemed to possess. It was the first t...

Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

BOSTON -- Thursday night, it was goaltender Henrik Lundqvist who tried to rationalize it. The morning after, it was his coach and teammates that attempted to explain why, in the past few years, the Rangers have struggled in overtime during the St...

BOSTON -- John Tortorella may not be the most diplomatic, charming or verbose -- especially come playoff time -- but he has a true knack for diagnosing the team's shortcomings and he spelled it out after the New York Rangers' 3-2 overtime loss to the...

What it means: Boston's Brad Marchand scored 15:40 into overtime as the Bruins took Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Bruins dominated the overtime period in their 3-2 win over the New York Rangers, hitting a post and a crossbar before...

BOSTON -- The masked men at either end of the ice couldn't be any more different from each other. The Bruins' Tuukka Rask and the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist are set to face one another in the Eastern Conference semifinal matchup, which begins with ...

BOSTON -- When you compare the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers, both teams are similar. Both teams are big, physical and talented. Looking at this Eastern Conference semifinal matchup, with the exception of goaltending, there's no other are...

The Boston Bruins narrowly escaped a first-round upset loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins almost blew a 3-1 series lead, but they were able to rally back from a 4-1 third-period deficit and cap a historic comeback by beating Toronto in ov...

BOSTON -- A lot of focus during this Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers will be on the opposing goaltenders. At one end of the ice is the Bruins' Tuukka Rask. At the other end of the ice is the R...

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In case you were busy trying to prevent the refrain from Close Encounters of the Third Kind from morphing into the theme from The Sting in your mind, here's what you missed in sports on Monday: The Bruins overcame a 4-1 third-period deficit befo...

After consecutive shutouts, New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist holds the early lead in the Conn Smythe watch.

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WASHINGTON -- The New York Rangers' stunning 5-0 shutout win that sunk the Washington Capitals was not anticipated in a winner-takes-all Game 7 between two teams that battled toe-to-toe all series. But ask the Toronto Maple Leafs if things always...