
Ottawa Citizen Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
Ottawa Senators 7 hours agoBruins Blog | Providence Journal By Sports staffBy IRA PODELL Associated Press NEW YORK -- Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. New York, which erased 2-0 and 3-2 deficits in the critical Game 4 matchup in the Eastern Conference semifinals, still trails the series 3-1. The Rangers will need to win again on Saturday in Boston to force a Game 6 back in Madison Square Garden. The Rangers, who were outshot 40-32, won a faceoff deep in their zone, and Nash rushed the pu...
Hockey Blog | ESPN New York What it means: The Rangers erased a 2-0 deficit and rallied to win the game in overtime, narrowly avoiding a series sweep and keeping their playoff hopes alive in Game 4 against the Bruins at Madison Square Garden. Rick Nash connected with Chris Kreider on the rush for the game winner as the Rangers edged the Bruins 4-3 to send the series to Boston for Game 5 on Saturday. Big goal: The MSG crowd was rocking early in the third when Derek Stepan picked the pocket of Zdeno Chara behind the net to catch an unsuspecting Rask for a quick game-tying wraparound goal at 1:15.

Newsday It certainly must have been an agonizing decision for coach John Tortorella. But he phoned veteran Brad Richards, whom he has coached for two NHL teams, Thursday morning, long before Game 4 against the Bruins, a game that could spell the end of the Rangers' season, to tell him that he wouldn't be playing.
New York Rangers 16 hours agoBruins Blog | Providence Journal By Mark DivverNEW YORK (AP) -- Struggling Rangers center Brad Richards said he will be a healthy scratch when New York faces elimination in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Richards, a star player earning $12 million this season, stayed on the ice with the extras Thursday during the morning skate. He then confirmed that Rangers coach John Tortorella had called to tell him he would be sitting out. "I don't know if surprised is the right word for it," Richards said. "I'm disappointed." More changes could be made to New York's roster for Thursday night's game. Tortorella ...
New York Daily News John Tortorella scratched healthy veteran center Brad Richards facing a do-or-die Game 4 at the Garden Thursday night, risking the loss of the Rangers’ locker room regardless of how the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Bruins concluded.

Rangers Rants | Bergen Record Brad Richards has struggled through a nightmare season that has only grown worse in the playoffs. The $60 million center will be a healthy scratch tonight as the Rangers try to stave off elimination as they host Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Bruins. It could signal the end of his Rangers’ career just two seasons into the nine-year deal he signed as the premier unrestricted free agent in 2011. It’s been widely speculated as Richards stumbled through this season that he would be an offseason candidate as one of two amnesty buyouts the Rangers are allowed under ...
New York Rangers 18 hours agoRangers Report | Journal News Brad Richards, who less than two years ago signed a nine-year, $60 million free agent contract to become a Ranger, will now be an ex-Ranger. Richards was informed by his long-time ally and coach John Tortorella this morning that he will be a healthy scratch for Game 4 against Boston... Read More →The post The end of a bad, Brad contract: Richards scratched, on way to buyout appeared first on Rangers Report Blog.
Big Bad Blog | WEEI NEW YORK — With the Rangers on the brink of elimination, John Tortorella is sitting embattled center Brad Richards, the slumping scorer revealed Thursday after staying out on the ice following the team’s morning skate. Richards, who is earning $12 million this season in the second year of his nine-year, $60 million deal (carrying a [...]

Boston Bruins Blog | ESPN Boston NEW YORK -- Veteran center and alternate captain Brad Richards will be a healthy scratch Thursday night as the Rangers face elimination against the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Richards, who stayed on the ice late with the rest of the scratches during the team's optional morning skate, told reporters that coach John Tortorella called him to tell him the news Thursday morning. "I don't know if 'surprised' is the right word, just disappointed," Richards said with an air of dejection.
Boston Bruins 18 hours agoRangers Report | Journal News As you’ve seen/heard by now, Brad Richards is a healthy scratch tonight, and is certainly done as a Ranger (unless they somehow come back in this series, maybe?) ... He will be bought out after the season, the Rangers paying him $24 million over 14 years as a parting gift... Read More →The post It’s Go Time! … Game 4: Bruins at Rangers appeared first on Rangers Report Blog.
Dallas Stars Blog | Dallas Morning News NEW YORK — Struggling Rangers center Brad Richards said he will be a healthy scratch when New York faces elimination in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. In this March 10, 2013, file photo, New York Rangers … Continue reading →

Boston Bruins Blog | ESPN Boston NEW YORK -- With a chance to eliminate the New York Rangers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Thursday night, the Boston Bruins probably didn’t need any added motivation. Nevertheless, they might have gotten it from New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist. “I’ve looked at a few games and they definitely got some lucky bounces,” Lundqvist said Thursday morning. “Last game I blame the loss on lucky bounces, but they haven’t changed the way they’re playing.
Boston Bruins 18 hours agoBig Bad Blog | WEEI NEW YORK — As has been the case for most of the series, the Bruins dominated in almost way and fashion in the opening 20 minutes of Game 4 Thursday night here at Madison Square Garden. And, as has been the case for most of the series, Henrik Lundqvist has kept the Rangers in the [...]

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review By Josh Yohe, McKeesport Daily NewsDefenseman Douglas Murray knows all about postseason heartache. He played the first seven seasons of his career in San Jose, after all. And so, the ...
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review By Tim BainesOTTAWA — While the Penguins sit in the driver’s seat, Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson is taking heat for comments he made after Wednesday’s 7-3 shellacking. ...
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Senators Extra | Ottawa Citizen ShareThis Daniel Alfredsson took a beating Thursday in the court of public opinion for stating that the Ottawa Senators would "probably not" be able to overcome a 3-1 deficit and defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins. ShareThis
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Detroit Red Wings 12 hours ago
LA Kings Insider I was chatting with Dustin Brown regarding Logan Couture’s allegation that he “dove” during heavy second period contact in the neutral zone during Game 4 when Drew Doughty offered a pointed take on TJ Galiardi’s observation that Quick embellishes contact “every now and then” in a discussion with Lisa Dillman of the LA Times. Doughty’s [...]
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Between the Circles | Daily Herald DETROIT - Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said the team needs more from defenseman Brent Seabrook starting in Game 4 tonight at Joe Louis Arena. Seabrook played less than 18 minutes in the Hawks' Game 3 loss and was minus-1. He let Gustav Nyquist go around him on Detroit's first goal. "We're looking for more," Quenneville said after Thursday's morning skate. "Whether it's a matchup or the way the game is being played, how we're playing, how he's playing, I think reflects that," Quenneville said of Seabrook's reduced ice time in Game 3. "I think our defense has been pretty solid throughout mo...
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Predators Insider | Tennessean By the numbers: Two goals and three assists in 23 games played. Won 59.69 percent of his face offs. Salary: Four years $13 million. Expires in 2016. In review: Gaustad came into the 2013 season with high expectations, only to see injuries derail his campaign. He hurt his shoulder in the first game of the season, and the [...]
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Rangers Rants | Bergen Record With D Anton Stralman not on ice for either today’s optional morning skate or Wednesday’s practice, it’s a fair bet he won’t be in the lineup for tonight’s game. Roman Hamrlik, who has been a healthy scratch for 23 straight games dating to a 4-2 win over the Jets on April 1, was the first defenseman off the ice from the group of replacement candidates that also included Matt Gilroy and Marc Staal. None, of course, would reveal who was in the lineup, unlike C Brad Richards, who acknowledged he wasn’t in the lineup. However, while Staal said the past two days have been better as far as his blu...
New York Rangers 18 hours ago
LA Kings Insider Darryl Sutter offered an update on injured forward Jarret Stoll, who hasn’t skated since suffering an upper-body injury on a hit from San Jose forward Raffi Torres in Game 1. Darryl Sutter, on Jarret Stoll’s progress: “He rode yesterday, rode the bike for a few minutes, and you’ve got to watch heart rate. Then he’ll [...]
Los Angeles Kings 16 hours ago
Ottawa Citizen Jakub Kindl scored on a power play in the second period, Daniel Cleary had an empty-net goal and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings hold on for a 2-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, putting the NHL's best team during the regular season on the brink of elimination.
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