Hartnett: Stepan 'Matteau,' Rangers Summon The Spirit Of '94
Ordinary clubs crumble when their backs are pressed against the wall. Not the panic-less Rangers. They chip away.
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Ordinary clubs crumble when their backs are pressed against the wall. Not the panic-less Rangers. They chip away.
In honor of the Rangers' dramatic Game 7 overtime victory on Wednesday night, here are the seven best Game 7s in franchise history.
I don't care that the Lightning swept their season series against New York. Wasn't that like ... five months ago?
It would seem there are two certainties ahead for the Rangers. First, they will see some very familiar faces in the lineup of their opponent in the Eastern Conference finals. Second, they will play lots of one-goal games.
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.
It was hockey at the start as Boomer's passion would not be denied -- and even Craig found himself wrapped up in the Rangers buzz.
The Rangers have won their last five Game 7s dating to 2012, including a win in Pittsburgh last season that capped a rally from a 3-1 deficit.
"We let them talk," Hagelin said of the Caps. "We're gonna do everything we can to focus on (ourselves) and what we can do to win the game."
In a thrilling series featuring two of the NHL's top goal scorers and two of the league's best goaltenders, Chris Kreider is stealing the spotlight.
"They're afraid, because we're big and strong and you can see how we score goals," Ovechkin said. "We just put bodies in front of Lundqvist and it goes in."
"We're going to come back and win the series," Ovechkin told reporters. "We're going to play our game, and we're going to come back and we're going to play Montreal or Tampa."
This is why King Henrik is paid the big bucks. He just continues to find new levels of concentration and coolness.
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.
In-Kreider-able is one way of describing the Rangers' performance over the weekend.
From two minutes away from elimination to two wins away from the Eastern Conference Finals, the Presidents' Trophy winners are still very much alive in their second-round tilt with the Washington Capitals.
