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Kreider's OT goal keeps Rangers alive with 4-3 win over Bruins

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.

Game 4 Reaction: Rangers 4, Bruins 3

Rangers' Brad Richards 'disappointed' about Game 4 scratch

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.

W2W4: Rangers vs. Bruins, Game 4

Brad Richards a healthy scratch for Game 4

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 ...

Richards a healthy scratch for Rangers

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.

Henrik: B's getting 'some lucky bounces'

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.

Penguins insider: Golden opportunity arrives with Game 5

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 ...

Senators' Alfredsson clarifies comments made after Game 4

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. ...

Senators won’t quit: Alfredsson

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

Carlo Colaiacovo relishing Red Wings' playoff run

Detroit News — "The people here live and die their hockey," said Colaiacovo, who signed a two-year, $5 million contract Sept. 14. "They're real passionate and the arena itself, you just walk into the arena and you get the feel and smell of tradition."

Doughty not pleased with Galiardi’s comments

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 [...]

Q says he needs more from Seabrook

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...

Preds in review: Paul Gaustad

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 [...]

Hamrlik ready if needed; Staal notes some improvement; other morning skate this and that

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...

Stoll rides bike, not skating

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 [...]