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Facing elimination for the second consecutive series, the New York Rangers rebounded to force a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-3 on Tuesday night in Tampa Bay. The win now assures the Rangers will have a chance to complete the series comeback at home on Madison Square Garden Ice...

Emilio Estevez, who starred in all the Mighty Ducks movies, channeled his inner Gordon Bombay on Monday night and backed his team! How great is this!?

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored 3:33 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 6-5 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. Ondrej Palat had two goals and an assist, and Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn each had one goal and an assist for the Lightning...

This time last year, Martin St. Louis was the spark that lit the Rangers all the way to the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Swapping Captain Ryan Callahan out for St. Louis made sense at the time, but is more difficult to see now.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Kruger deflected Brent Seabrook's shot 16:12 into the third overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks evened the Western Conference finals with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 2 on Tuesday night. Andrew Shaw and Marian Hossa scored power-play goals in the opening minutes of the longest game in the Blackhawks' 89-year history...

The New York Rangers possibly had its worst showcase of the season Monday night, losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2. The game was filled with dumb penalties, player miscues, and bad discipline. The series is now evened up at 1-1 with the Rangers on their way to Tampa. ...

Hall of Famer Dick Vitale is passionate about several things, which includes the town he resides, Tampa Bay. He called into #ArmenAndLevack this week to remind 'your home for New York Sports' of that fact.

NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Stepan scored 11:24 in overtime, lifting the New York Rangers past the Washington Capitals 2-1 and into the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night. Stepan's wrist shot from the left wing after he won a faceoff — a rarity for the Rangers — capped a comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the series...

The New York Rangers have won 2 straight games against the Washington Capitals, after being down 3-1, and now find themselves 3-3 going back to Madison Square Garden. Fresh off the Rangers taking game 6 in Washington, the Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin had words for the Rangers...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Kreider scored in the first minute and final second of the opening period, Rick Nash and Dan Boyle added goals in the third, and the New York Rangers held on to edge the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Sunday night and force a Game 7 in the second-round playoff series...

The New York Rangers have been there before. We were blatantly reminded of that on Friday night when they came back from a 1-0 deficit late in the third period and won in overtime.

The Albany Devils are confirmed for another year in the Capital Region! On Friday morning, the team made it official by announcing that they have signed an agreement through the 2015-2016 season with both Albany County and Times Union Center.