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Before Tuesday night's game against the New York Rangers, the Vancouver Canucks paid tribute to Rick Rypien, who died this past summer. Rypien had signed a $700,000, one-year deal with Winnipeg a month before his death after spending parts of six sea...

Flyers at Bruins, 7 p.m. ET The Bruins will begin their title defense tonight. The last team to repeat as champion? The Red Wings in 1997-98. The Bruins swept the Flyers in the 2011 Eastern Conference semifinals, outscoring them 20-7. The Bruins...

[Editor's note: Since we posted this blog earlier today, the Canadiens traded James Wisniewski's rights to the Blue Jackets. Columbus now has an exclusive negotiating window until the start of free agency, which is noon ET on Friday.] Here is a lo...

ESPN's Matthew Barnaby was on the airwaves today recapping Wednesday night's action. First, he talks with Linda Cohn on Alex Ovechkin's strong play in Game 1 versus the New York Rangers: Then, he talks about the Canucks playing with an att...

Eastern Conference: No. 1 Washington Capitals vs. No. 8 New York Rangers Game 1: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) Game 2: Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) Game 3: Sunday, 3 p.m. ET (NBC, TSN) Game 4: April 20, 7 p.m. ET (Versus, TSN) ...

Eastern Conference: No. 1 Washington Capitals vs. No. 8 New York Rangers No. 2 Philadelphia Flyers vs. No. 7 Buffalo Sabres No. 3 Boston Bruins vs. No. 6 Montreal Canadiens No. 4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. No. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning ...

New York Rangers (31-26-4) at Carolina Hurricanes (28-24-8), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 2-1 Carolina Starting goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist (23-20-4, 2.37 GAA) vs. Cam Ward (25-20-7, 2.74 GAA) Preview: Only two points separate these teams in the sev...

Boston Bruins (28-15-7) at Carolina Hurricanes (25-19-6), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 2-1 Boston Starting goaltenders: Tim Thomas (24-5-6, 1.81 GAA) vs. Cam Ward (22-15-5, 2.70 GAA) Preview: Two weeks after the Bruins finished a home-and-home sweep...

As the season heads into the final stretch tonight, our experts (Scott Burnside, E.J. Hradek and Pierre LeBrun) separate a few of the contenders from the pretenders: Atlantic Division: New York Rangers Burnside: Pretender The Rangers will be l...

New York Rangers (28-19-3) at Washington Capitals (27-14-8), 7:30 p.m. ET Season series: 1-1 Starting goaltenders: Martin Biron (7-4-0, 2.33 GAA) vs. Braden Holtby (4-2-1, 2.79 GAA) Preview: Coming off his first hat trick of the season, Alex Ove...

Pittsburgh Penguins (29-14-4) at New Jersey Devils (13-29-3), 7 p.m. ET Season series: 2-0 Pittsburgh Starting goaltenders: Brent Johnson (8-3-2, 2.04 GAA) vs. Martin Brodeur (8-18-2, 2.97 GAA) Preview: The Penguins take the ice without both Sid...

A look at the numbers heading into tonight's playoff games, courtesy of ESPN stats guru Vince Masi: Game 3: Capitals at Canadiens, 7 p.m. ET (series tied at 1) The series shifts to Montreal and the raucous Bell Centre crowd. So, how does Alex Ovechk...