Topics: Stanley Cup

Jussi Jokinen and Eric Staal scored in a 48-second span late in the third period and the Hurricanes stunned the Devils 4-3 in Game 7 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series Tuesday night.

Devils' veterans will have find a way to help young stars Travis Zajac and Zach Parise get back on track as they play in their first-ever Game 7 against Carolina Tuesday night at the Rock in Newark.

Given a chance on home ice to finish off the Washington Capitals and advance to the second round of the playoffs, the Rangers once again laid an egg and paid a hefty price, a 5-3 pasting that forces a deciding seventh game on Tuesday night in D.C.

I read Majority Leader Malcolm Smith's comment that there would be no vote on the state Senate floor to legalize gay marriage because the proposal did not have the requisite votes for passage. While I am not a proponent of gay marriage, I nonetheless found Smith's comments to be a further manifestation of the dysfunctional nature of state government.

Investors trying win state pension fund business - including former Rangers goalie Mike Richter - got coveted access to the state controller with help from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Henrik Lundqvist's effort will go down as a truly historical performance by a Ranger goalie in the Stanley Cup playoffs. And with this magic act, Lundqvist had gifted his team an unlikely 2-1 victory and a 3-1 series lead.

From the start, the pace was too fast and the ice too open. Then the game, and maybe the whole first-round series, spun awry during a 10-second span in the first period with the Rangers set to score the tying goal.

All city parking rules are in effect today and tomorrow.

Marc Savard scored two power-play goals and the Boston Bruins moved two wins away from their first playoff series victory since 1999 with a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens last night.

After the 54-year drought, fifteen years may not seem that long since the Rangers won their last Stanley Cup. To goalie Mike Richter, who backstopped the '94 run, the memories are still as fresh as they are for the most nostalgic of fans.

All the knocks he has delivered, and the knocks he's taken along the way, have led Cris Collinsworth to the biggest moment of his career. Next season, he will join Al Michaels as the analyst on NBC's "Sunday Night Football."

I understand the importance of honoring Jackie Robinson, but he was a Dodger. The Mets should honor their past glory in the form of Casey Stengel and Gil Hodges.

If the playoffs truly present the Rangers with a chance to wipe the slate clean and start a new season, then Wade Redden must love the playoffs. Redden offered no reason to complain in his Blueshirt playoff debut.

Congratulations to the Mets and Yankees on their state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar stadiums. Meanwhile, many of the kids in New York City public schools are stuck spending their recess milling around on barren concrete lots.

Behind Zach Parise's goal and assist, the No. 3 seeded Devils jumped on No. 6 Carolina in Game 1 Wednesday night, beating the Hurricanes, 4-1, in front of a sellout crowd of 17,625. The series continues here Friday night.

This year, the Rangers come in with their lowest seeding (No. 7) of the last four years, and just to reach Round 2, they'll have to send home megastar Alex Ovechkin and a Capitals team vying to become an NHL juggernaut.

The Yankees and Mets play home games on the same day for four consecutive days beginning Thursday (the Mets also play tonight), the Devils begin their quest for the Stanley Cup and overnight bridge closures on the Henry Hudson, Throgs Neck and George Washington bridges will make traffic seem like anything but heaven.

After missing nearly four months this season with a torn biceps tendon in his left elbow, Martin Brodeur heads into Wednesday's opener of the Devils' first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Hurricanes more rested than ever.

With the Penguins' 3-1 win Saturday night in Montreal, it sewed up the Eastern Conference's No. 7 seed for the Rangers, sending them to D.C. to open the Stanley Cup playoffs against Alex Ovechkin's Washington Capitals.

Since the Yanks won their 3rd straight World Series in 2000, it hasn't mattered what kind of motivation a defending champ has used - each has gone from baubles to bobbles, with seven teams winning the last eight World Series.

April 24-May 10 - IIHF World Championship, Switzerland.. . May 25-30 - NHL Combine, Toronto.. . June 15 - Last possible day for Stanley Cup ...

We asked:. . Has the refereeing been consistent throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs?. . Yes, but: Steve EllisYes, consistently bad, just like it ...

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Last round: 7-1 West: Ducks over Red Wings in 7 Blackhawks over Canucks in 6 East: Capitals over Penguins in 7 Bruins over Hurricanes in ...

Long gone are the days when Canadian teams would travel to Europe and be shocked at officiating and rule interpretations. . . At the 2009 world ...

It will be interesting to see what sort of fallout Joe Thornton's latest playoff flop will have on him being selected for the Canadian Olympic ...

The Red Wings are moving on, although maybe with a little less swagger.. . Johan Franzen scored on a power play with 46.6 seconds left, giving the ...

The Chicago Blackhawks won their first playoff series in 13 years, eliminating Calgary by beating the Flames, 4-1, in Game 6 of their first-round ...

Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf will not play against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night after taking a hard hit during their game over ...

New York, NY -- Tom Poti notched a goal and three assists to register a playoff career high for points and rookie Simeon Varlamov continued his ...