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Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists, and Craig Smith added five assists to help the United States rout Russia 8-3 on Thursday in the world hockey quarterfinals.

Yankee Stadium will host a pair of NHL games next season, with the New York Rangers playing the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 26 and the Rangers meeting the Islanders three days later.

The United States, Canada, Russia and Switzerland clinched quarterfinal berths at the hockey world championships Sunday.

The United States beat France 4-2 Saturday for its fourth win at the ice hockey world championships.

Craig Smith had a hat trick and teenager John Gibson was stellar in net to lead the United States over host Finland 4-1 at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday.

Russia got two late goals to beat the United States 5-3 in a hard fought game, while Canada scored four unanswered goals en route to a 7-1 rout of Norway on Tuesday at the ice hockey world championships.

Ilya Kovalchuk's hat trick led Russia to a 4-1 victory over Germany at the ice hockey world championships Sunday, and Switzerland stunned Canada in a penalty shootout to win 3-2.

The United States rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to beat Austria 5-3 in its opening game at the ice hockey world championship Saturday.

At a glance: After four days off to rest and prepare, the No. 6-seed Rangers and No. 3-seed Capitals finally square off in Washington, D.C., for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Thursday night at Verizon Center. With plenty of time to s...

Ready for another Rangers-Caps playoff series? Hours after the Rangers wrapped up the regular season with a 4-0 blanking of the New Jersey Devils, the Senators dropped a 2-1 decision to the Flyers in regulation, allowing New York to secure the No....

At a glance: With a playoff spot already locked up following Thursday's OT win against Carolina, the Rangers wrap up the regular season with a divisional clash against the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden. Eliminated by the Rangers last wee...

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Clinching a playoff spot in their penultimate game of the season Thursday night at Carolina, the Rangers don't have much time to celebrate or relish their third straight post-season appearance. There's one more game to go and e...

Victoria Matiash provides her final top 75 defensemen rankings of the season and projects fantasy values for the 2013-14 NHL campaign, forecasting Ottawa's Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh's Kris Letang and Montreal's P.K. Subban as the top three D-men.

If the Los Angeles Lakers do the improbable -- the very, very improbable -- they would join quite the exclusive club. Ditto the Boston Celtics (or the Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks or Milwaukee Bucks). And over in hockey, there'...

At a glance: The eighth-place Rangers aren't making it any easier on themselves, as they dropped a 4-2 decision to the Flyers in Philadelphia on Tuesday night and continue to white-knuckle their way to the end of the regular season. After falling beh...