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Trailing 2-1 after the first period, the Penguins scored the next six goals to beat the Senators, 7-2, and take a 3-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Semifinals. Sidney Crosby tallied his 40th career playoff goal in his 77th playoff...

Kris Letang tallied four assists and both James Neal and Jarome Iginla scored twice to power the Penguins to a 7-3 win over the Senators. Barry Melrose breaks all it all down....

Jonathan Toews ranked among the NHL's best players this season, but the Detroit Red Wings have found a way to limit the Chicago Blackhawks center through three games.

Blog | Conversation | May 23, 2013

OTTAWA -- A crucial fourth game that began with an optimistic bang for the Ottawa Senators ended with an embarrassing whimper. There was something more than a little symmetric about the Penguins' emphatic 7-3 victory in Game 4: A playoff year that...

Barry Melrose and Steve Levy assess the Bruins-Rangers series entering Game 4, a possible closeout game for the Bruins. Not surprisingly, Melrose is bullish on the B's with high praise for the young defensemen filling in on the blue line. He also ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The next day often matters just as much as the game itself when it comes to a player returning to the ice after a lengthy absence. Los Angeles Kings defenseman Matt Greene gave it a thumbs up Wednesday. "I feel pretty good...

So Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis fed head coach Alain Vigneault and assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Brown to the lions. Hardly a surprise. That's what happens when a talented, Stanley Cup-hopeful team goes 1-8 in the playoffs over the pas...

Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins routed the Ottawa Senators 7-3 on Wednesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- There's a reason no team has won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and '98: It's damn tough. Reproducing the hunger and drive to go all-out over two months is mighty difficult. Once a play...

Sharks-Kings Preview

Johnny Boychuk has emerged as a major contributor to the Bruins' cause.

NEW YORK -- While injured Boston Bruins defensemen Dennis Seidenberg (lower body) and Wade Redden (undisclosed) have been skating with the team in hopes of returning to the lineup in the near future, fellow blueliner Andrew Ference hasn't been able t...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Blackhawks rookie forward Brandon Saad is hoping for No. 11 to be his lucky number again. Saad scored his first career NHL goal in his 11th regular season game. Now entering his 11th NHL playoff game, he and the Blackhawks are l...

DETROIT -- When Detroit Red Wings rookie defenseman Danny DeKeyser broke his thumb on May 2 against the Anaheim Ducks, he was expected to miss the rest of the postseason. The prognosis now sounds a little more optimistic. DeKeyser said he expected...

NEW YORK -- The Boston Bruins hold a commanding 3-0 series lead over the New York Rangers in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals and have a chance to close it out with a win in Game 4 Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. This mark...