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At a glance: The Rangers managed to avoid elimination -- and a series sweep -- with a 4-3 overtime win at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. Can they do it again with the Bruins trying to close out the series on home ice in Game 5 on Saturday? The Ra...

PITTSBURGH -- A veteran hockey man earlier this week wondered what a series between this edition of the Pittsburgh Penguins and this Ottawa Senators team might look like two or three years down the road. The implication was clear: The young Senato...

PITTSBURGH -- When it was done and the Pittsburgh Penguins had brushed aside the valiant but ultimately overmatched Ottawa Senators, one word came to mind to describe both Game 5 and the series: devastating. In a game that built slowly to yet anot...

If they continue to play like they did in a big win over the Senators to advance to the Eastern Conference finals, Barry Melrose says the Penguins are going to be tough to beat the rest of the way....

Ty Rattie scored in the third period and Mac Carruth made 34 saves to help the Portland Winterhawks beat the London Knights 2-1 on Friday night in the Memorial Cup semifinal.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Matt Greene wouldn't be the hockey card 9-year-old kids in Southern California would ever fight over. Kopitar, Brown, Richards, Quick, Doughty, Carter ... those are the faces of this Los Angeles Kings team, they're the big bo...

James Neal had a hat trick and the Penguins finished off the lifeless Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Friday night in Game 5 of the Eastern conference semifinals to take the best-of-seven series 4-1.

BOSTON -- Claude Julien likened the Bruins' performance in Thursday's overtime loss to one of those days at the office you'd like to forget. Maybe you didn't get enough sleep and awoke groggy, dropped your breakfast in your lap and got stuck in a tra...

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks don't have to look too far back to recall a time they faced an uphill battle in a playoff series like they are now. In 2011, the Blackhawks dropped their first three games to the Vancouver Canucks in a Western Con...

Red Wings-Blackhawks Preview

CHICAGO -- As dire as it looks for the Chicago Blackhawks, it would be foolish to count them out of their playoff series with the Detroit Red Wings even though they're behind 3-1 in the series. And it would be very foolish to count them out of Gam...

Welcome to a weekly blog post of thoughts and observations from the past few days and/or decades of NHL hockey. The Three Stars of Comedy Recognizing the three moments or personalities from around the league that produced the most comedic fodder ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks defensemen Brent Seabrook and Nick Leddy had little to say Friday about their lack of ice time in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals the day before. Leddy, who averaged 17:25 of playing time in the regular se...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews plans to be optimistic until the end. That end could come Saturday, but Toews is still hoping the Blackhawks can regain their form and rally from three consecutive losses and a 3-1 series defici...

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- After a short practice at the Rangers' training facility on Friday afternoon, coach John Tortorella took a few moments to acknowledge his team's effort in an overtime win in Game 4 on Thursday night. Skating in the middle of h...