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For a team with its back against the wall, the Rangers' room is about as calm and relaxed as on an off-day in November. Instead of feeling the crushing pressure of a potential season-ending loss, the team was loose in the hours before Game 6 on Frida...

ESPNNewYork.com's Katie Strang, ESPN New York 98.7 FM's Don La Greca and ESPN NHL analyst Barry Melrose all say goaltending is the main factor in Friday's Game 6....

The closest thing to a guarantee from the Rangers heading into a do-or-die Game 6 against the Devils? Coach John Tortorella's prediction about his star goaltender, Henrik Lundqvist. "He'll play his best game tomorrow night," Tortorella said Thu...

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Mark Messier, joined by other members of the team, holds the Stanley Cup during the team's victory parade in New York Friday, June 17, 1994. It was 18 years ago that Rangers captain Mark Messier made his iconic Game 6 guara...

Game 5 loss to Devils could be a sign that the Rangers are running out of magic.

Recap | Box score | Photos What it means: The Rangers erased a three-goal deficit with a staggering comeback that almost made up for their disastrous start, but Ryan Carter's game winner with 4:24 remaining sapped all the life out of Madison Squar...

Sidelined for almost a month, forward Brandon Dubinsky returned to the Rangers lineup for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Devils on Wednesday.

At a glance: After a tepid start to what was expected to be a nasty set between bitter rivals, the snarl came out in Game 4 as the Devils knotted the series with a 4-1 win against the Rangers. Tied at two games apiece, the Rangers and Devils clash in...

Could Brandon Dubinsky provide the jolt the Rangers need? Based on Wednesday's optional morning skate, the 26-year-old forward may be ready to play for the first time since suffering a right foot injury in the series finale of the Eastern Conferen...

Coming back to play in front of their home crowd at Madison Square Garden for a pivotal Game 5 on Wednesday, the Rangers are hell-bent on a hot start. Dominated by the Devils' tenacious pressure early in all four games this series, they know they can...

At a glance: In a rowdy Game 4 that delivered all the nastiness lacking in the first three games, the Devils proved that Henrik is human after all. Shut out twice in the first three games against the Rangers, the Devils solved the mind-bogglingly st...

Now that they've found a way to rattle the Rangers, the Devils plan to keep it up.

Rangers coach John Tortorella and Devils coach Pete DeBoer got into a verbal confrontation during Game 4.

Although no one will confirm the personnel changes (the media received both "No update" and "Stop asking about the lineup" from coach John Tortorella this morning), defenseman Stu Bickel is expected to replace Brandon Prust as a forward in the lineup...

At a glance: Shut out twice this series, including a 3-0 blanking on Saturday, the Devils aim to even things up in Game 4 at home on Monday. Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has been the difference-maker in the Eastern Conference finals, letting i...