| UPCOMING GAMES |
| 5/23 |
BOS at NYR | | 5/25 |
NYR at BOS | | 5/27 |
BOS at NYR | | 5/29 |
NYR at BOS |
|
LAST 10 GAMES
|
| 5/21 |
BOS 2 at NYR 1 |
Lost |
F |
| 5/19 |
NYR 2 at BOS 5 |
Lost |
F |
| 5/16 |
NYR 2 at BOS 3 |
Lost |
OT |
| 5/13 |
NYR 5 at WSH 0 |
Won |
F |
| 5/12 |
WSH 0 at NYR 1 |
Won |
F |
| 5/10 |
NYR 1 at WSH 2 |
Lost |
OT |
| 5/8 |
WSH 3 at NYR 4 |
Won |
F |
| 5/6 |
WSH 3 at NYR 4 |
Won |
F |
| 5/4 |
NYR 0 at WSH 1 |
Lost |
OT |
| 5/2 |
NYR 1 at WSH 3 |
Lost |
F |
| Won-4 Lost-3 OT-3 |
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| Bruins-Rangers Preview (The Associated Press) |
| NEW YORK (AP) -- - The Boston Bruins are on the brink of the Eastern Conference finals, and they got there on the backs of their suddenly offensive defensemen and a potent fourth line of forwards. |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| Brad Richards and his $60M contract healthy scratch for Rangers in elimination game vs. Bruins (Puck Daddy) |
| John Tortorella scratched a fourth liner for Game 4 against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
Granted, it’s a fourth-liner signed through 2021, whose contract was valued at $60 million when he signed with the New York Rangers as a free agent.
Granted, he was their No. 1 center to start the season.
Granted, he’s a former Conn Smythe winner who is now a healthy scratch in his team’s most important playoff game of the season.
Such is the disastrous season for Brad Richards of the New York Rangers.
From Rangers Rants on Thursday:
“I’m surprised, I guess,” said Richards, who turned 33 on May 2 and is still owed $36 million through 2020. “I’m disappointed.”
… Richards said Tortorella called him this morning at home with the news. “Nothing’s over,” Richards said. “Work harder and try my best to never let it happen again.”
It's the beginning of the end, according to Rick Carpiniello:
The next step is then obvious. The Rangers will use their one remaining compliance buyout within the new CBA to end Richards’ relationship with the team this summer. Richards, who received $12 million in 2011-12 and most of his $12 million for the lockout 2013 season, will get a $24 million going-away present this summer (spread out over twice the remaining seven years), removing his contract from the books and his salary from the decreasing salary cap.
Richards will then be an unrestricted free agent, able to strike a deal with any of the other 29 teams, but not with the Rangers. And he surely will resurface after a summer of conditioning, and sign somewhere at a much smaller salary.
Torts has handled the rapid decline in Richards’ game with kid gloves, never torching his former No. 1 center publicly.
The demotion couldn’t have been easy for the Rangers coach, who won a Cup with Richards as his playoff MVP in Tampa Bay. To scratch Richards shows what a non-factor he’s become in the semifinals, skating 8:10 in Game 3 and getting benched in the third period.
Richards came to the Rangers because the money was right and he felt they could challenge for the Cup. But he also signed because of Tortorella. He believed in Torts; and Torts believed in Richards as a veteran leader in that room who could act as his proxy.
Now, Richards is scratched in what could be Tortorella’s last game as Rangers coach. |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| Daniel Alfredsson’s ‘Probably Not’ moment: Love honesty or loathe lack of leadership? (Puck Daddy) |
|
Daniel Alfredsson of the Ottawa Senators has, for the most part, achieved Beloved Player status in the National Hockey League: a veteran whose work ethic, results and dedication to the only franchise he’s played for makes him exempt from most criticism.
So imagine, if you will, if Alex Ovechkin or Joe Thornton or Henrik Sedin or another captain who carries less respect than Alfredsson uttered the following when asked if it was feasible his team could win three in a row against the Pittsburgh Penguins after Wednesday's 7-3 Game 4 thumping:
"Probably not.”
Oh captain.
My, captain.
|
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| Brian Burke out of running for Team USA GM in Sochi Olympics: Report (Puck Daddy) |
| Brian Burke was the architect of the USA Hockey team that rode the hot goaltending of Ryan Miller all the way to overtime of the 2010 gold medal match in the Vancouver Olympics.
He was the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs then. Now, he’s out of a GM gig; according to Sportsnet 590 in Toronto, that’s the reason he won’t be back in the same capacity for Team USA in Sochi 2014.
As reported on the “Brady and Lang” show by co-host Greg Brady, Burke will not be asked back as the team’s general manager. As Brady tweeted:
“Burke was told, as suspected, USA Hockey wants a current NHL GM. [Nashville GM David] Poile a strong candidate. Burke definitely wanted the job - obviously he made a huge commitment to after his son's tragic passing. Might be a mistake by USA Hockey.”
Burke’s son Brendan died in a car accident on Feb. 5, 2010; the Winter Olympic hockey tournament in Vancouver began on Feb. 13, 2010. Burke worked through his personal tragedy, which served as an inspiration for the American players.
He also made some bold decisions at GM that helped Team USA earn silver: Most notably the addition of Chris Drury to the roster, as the veteran center had become a high-priced punchline for the New York Rangers. Drury was one of the team’s best players in the tournament, and rewrote the legacy of his latter years in the NHL.
The notion that a general manager needs to be currently employed in the NHL to take the reins of Team USA seems a bit odd. |
| Posted: 05/23/2013 |
| NHL’s most stylish men; Crosby vs. a mozza stick; ‘Fun’ Paul MacLean (Puck Headlines) (Puck Daddy) |
| Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
• Alex Ovechkin got his KHL medal for Dynamo Moscow's Gagarin Cup win. And you said he never wins anything. Wait, what's that? He left the team before they won? Well. Still. [ Dmitry Chesnokov ]
• The NHL's most stylish men. Yes, Henrik Lundqvist is on the list. [ Sharp ]
• Sidney Crosby was nearly killed by a mozza stick. [ Sportsnet ]
• Nick Cotsonika on Paul MacLean's "fun" approach to coaching. [ Yahoo! ]
• Meet Tim Thompson, the guy who makes CBC's awesome playoff hockey montages. [ National Post ]
• Stephen Walkom, Game 3's referee, coached Mario Lemieux's daughter. Is this a conflict of interest? I highly doubt it. Have you ever coached a bunch of kids? By the end, you hate them all and you hate their parents for making them. Or maybe that was just my experience. [ Senshot ]
• Speaking of officiating conspiracies, the New York Rangers' last penalty call at home came in Game 4 versus the Washington Capitals. [ CSNNE ]
• Elliotte Friedman's 30 thoughts, which includes this wild notion: "Conspiracy Theory: Sharks GM Doug Wilson wasn't going to trade Dan Boyle at the April 3 deadline, but he wanted Boyle -- and his other veterans -- to think he might. There's been a lot written and said about Extreme Makeover: San Jose edition, but the more I look back at it, it's not just about increasing Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski's roles. He wanted Boyle and Joe Thornton, among others, to believe, 'If this doesn't work, I'm next.'" [ CBC ]
• Cory Conacher comes out for the Senators in Game 4, and Mark Stone draws in. [ Senators Extra ]
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| Posted: 05/22/2013 |
| Brad Richards, postseason disaster for the New York Rangers (Puck Daddy) |
| Back in February, Larry Brooks of the NY Post speculated that the New York Rangers could eventually use an amnesty buyout and get out of center Brad Richards’ elephantine contract that runs through 2021.
At the time, I found the notion absurd: Two years removed from winning the Richards Derby, one year after he had 15 points in 20 playoff games for the Rangers, and a slow start means the Blueshirts jettison what was to be a major pillar of a championship foundation?
Then came Richards’ finish to the regular season: 11 points in 6 games, including a hat trick against the Buffalo Sabres. I kept hearing terms like “empty points” to describe that effort, but on paper Richards looked like he was rounding into postseason form.
And then the postseason hit, and that paper was crumbled up and tossed in the trash.
As Rangers fans flail about trying to diagnose how this team could be down 0-3 to the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference semifinals, Brad Richards’ name glows like a neon sign on Broadway. He’s arguably the biggest bust of the 2013 postseason on an individual basis; a pathetic shell of a formerly clutch player who’s been reduced to a $60-million fourth liner.
Turns out Larry Brooks’ speculation may become a necessity. |
| Posted: 05/22/2013 |
| NHL Three Stars: Bruins push Rangers to brink, Couture heroic again (Puck Daddy) |
| No. 1 Star: Daniel Paille, Boston Bruins
The catalyst for the Bruins’ dominating fourth line in Game 3, Paille set up Johnny Boychuk for the tying goal and then scored the game-winner on a funky bounce to give Boston a 2-1 win over the Rangers and a 3-0 series lead.
No. 2 Star: Antti Niemi, San Jose Sharks
The Sharks goalie stopped 22 shots, including 13 in the third period, to backstop San Jose to a 2-1 Game 4 win and a 2-2 series split with the Los Angeles Kings. |
| Posted: 05/21/2013 |
| Bruins beat Rangers to lead playoff series 3-0 (Reuters) |
| By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins scored twice in the final period to beat the New York Rangers 2-1 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday and grab a commanding 3-0 lead in their National Hockey League (NHL) playoff. Boston fourth-liner Daniel Paille scored the game winner with 3:31 left on the clock after assisting defenseman Johnny Boychuk to tie the score at the start of the period. ... |
| Posted: 05/21/2013 |
| NHL-Bruins beat Rangers to lead playoff series 3-0 (Reuters) |
| By Julian Linden NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - The Boston Bruins scored twice in the final period to beat the New York Rangers 2-1 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday and grab a commanding 3-0 lead in their National Hockey League (NHL) playoff. Boston fourth-liner Daniel Paille scored the game winner with 3:31 left on the clock after assisting defenseman Johnny Boychuk to tie the score at the start of the period. ... |
| Posted: 05/21/2013 |
| Bruins 2, Rangers 1 (The SportsXchange) |
| NEW YORK -- Daniel Paille's goal with 3:31 left in regulation was the game-winner in the Boston Bruins' 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. |
| Posted: 05/21/2013 |
| Boston Bruins poised to sweep NY Rangers after grunts win Game 3 (Puck Daddy) |
| The Boston Bruins’ fourth line of Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell and Shawn Thornton are everything the New York Rangers are not in the Eastern Conference semifinals: Tough, tenacious in the offensive zone, clutch and, above all else, goal-scoring.
The trio factored in on both Bruins goals in their 2-1 Game 3 victory over the Rangers at MSG on Tuesday night, as Boston took a 3-0 lead in the series and can eliminate the Rangers on Thursday night.
"They were working hard, and they've scored some big goals for us in the playoffs. I have confidence in that line," said Coach Claude Julien. "You utilize them because they're good, not because you have to."
Entering the third period, Rangers held a 1-0 lead in the third period on a Taylor Pyatt goal at 3:53 of the second. But a Henrik Lundqvist turnover led to a few golden chances for the fourth line, until Paille found Johnny Boychuk for a blast just inside the blueline that beat Lundqvist and tied the game at 3:10.
Boston took the lead for good on a strange sequence later in the period.
After Thornton won an offensive zone faceoff, the Bruins fired two shots on the Rangers’ goal. A third shot from Campbell deflected off of bodies in front of Lundqvist, with the puck flying up and over the Rangers goalie onto the goal-line. It landed squarely and then rolled away from the goal, in one of the postseason’s oddest moments.
Lest one believe the Hockey Gods favored the Rangers on this play, Paille was able to skate around the cage unchecked and knock the loose puck in for the 2-1 lead. The Rangers pulled their goalie, but were unable to mount much against Tuukka Rask (23 saves).
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| Posted: 05/21/2013 |
| Watch weird double high-stick incident in Bruins vs. Rangers Game 3 (Video) (Puck Daddy) |
| The officiating in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs has been, shall we say, a tab underwhelming at times.
In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, for example, Boston Bruins man mountain Zdeno Chara was on the receiving end of a high stick – previously only thought possible with the assistance of a cherry-picker or a giraffe – with no call.
Then, in the third period, this odd incident occurred:
IT’S H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS COME TO LIFE!
As Bruins forward Tyler Seguin skated in on the New York Rangers defense, Steve Eminger wildly swung his stick and clipped Seguin. As Seguin recoiled in pain, the Bruin’s stick then clipped Rangers forward Chris Kreider, sending him face-first to the ice.
As Pierre McGuire said: It’s a mutual high-sticking. (Right before he told us in painstaking detail where the sticks played their junior hockey.)
To the surprise of no one that’s watched the officiating in this postseason, there were no penalties on this odd play. |
| Posted: 05/21/2013 |
| All hail Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, King of Game 3′s (Puck Daddy) |
| The New York Rangers are down 0-2 to the Boston Bruins, following their humbling 5-2 loss in Game 2 and with the action shifting to Madison Square Garden. They’ve been here before: Starting a series slowly, needed a big effort in a Game 3 to either take control or find new life in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
They were down 0-2 to the Washington Capitals this season and back in 2011. Last postseason, in their run to the conference finals, the Rangers were 1-1 against the Ottawa Senators, Capitals and New Jersey Devils heading into the third game.
What happened in Game 3 in each of those series?
Henrik Lundqvist happened, that’s what. The Rangers goalie is 5-0 in his last five Game 3 appearances, with the Rangers going on to win three of those series.
He’s the King of Thirds: Lundqvist has a 1.01 goals-against average in his last five Game 3’s with a .966 save percentage and two shutouts, facing 177 shots – much better than his career average playoff numbers.
So yeah, the Rangers are in good hands. But the question isn’t about Lundqvist’s hands entering Game 3. |
| Posted: 05/21/2013 |
Yahoo!Sports
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| GAME STATS |
|
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
| HOME |
28 |
19 |
7 |
2 |
| AWAY |
30 |
11 |
14 |
5 |
| TOTAL |
58 |
30 |
21 |
7 |
| MAY STATS |
|
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
| HOME |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| AWAY |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| TOTAL |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
| ATLANTIC DIVISION |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
| PIT |
48 |
36 |
12 |
0 |
72 |
165 |
119 |
| NYR |
48 |
26 |
18 |
4 |
56 |
130 |
112 |
| NYI |
48 |
24 |
17 |
7 |
55 |
139 |
139 |
| PHI |
48 |
23 |
22 |
3 |
49 |
133 |
141 |
| NJD |
48 |
19 |
19 |
10 |
48 |
112 |
129 |
| EASTERN CONFERENCE |
| Team |
GP |
W |
L |
OT |
DF |
PTS |
| 1. PIT* |
48 |
36 |
12 |
0 |
46 |
72 |
| 2. MTL* |
48 |
29 |
14 |
5 |
23 |
63 |
| 3. WSH* |
48 |
27 |
18 |
3 |
19 |
57 |
| 4. BOS |
48 |
28 |
14 |
6 |
22 |
62 |
| 5. TOR |
48 |
26 |
17 |
5 |
12 |
57 |
| 6. NYR |
48 |
26 |
18 |
4 |
18 |
56 |
| 7. OTT |
48 |
25 |
17 |
6 |
12 |
56 |
| 8. NYI |
48 |
24 |
17 |
7 |
0 |
55 |
| 9. WPG |
48 |
24 |
21 |
3 |
-16 |
51 |
| 10. PHI |
48 |
23 |
22 |
3 |
-8 |
49 |
| 11. BUF |
48 |
21 |
21 |
6 |
-18 |
48 |
| 12. NJD |
48 |
19 |
19 |
10 |
-17 |
48 |
| 13. CAR |
48 |
19 |
25 |
4 |
-32 |
42 |
| 14. TBL |
48 |
18 |
26 |
4 |
-2 |
40 |
| 15. FLA |
48 |
15 |
27 |
6 |
-59 |
36 |
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