Vigneualt: Stepan 'Unlikely' In Game 4 Against Canadiens
The Eastern Conference finals have plenty of juice. Coming up is Game 4 on Sunday night, with New York leading the best-of-seven series 2-1.
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The Eastern Conference finals have plenty of juice. Coming up is Game 4 on Sunday night, with New York leading the best-of-seven series 2-1.
Derick Brassard has been itching to return to the Rangers' lineup. Now healthy, the 26-year-old center will finally get his chance to make his mark on this series when he takes the ice for pivotal Game 4.
Twenty-four hours ago the Rangers were flying sky high, but a high hit and a shocking loss later, not so much.
There is an easy way and a difficult way to do things. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the New York Rangers have chosen the difficult way to handle the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference finals.
When real life invades sports, that's when the true measure of an athlete is taken. The rest is a storybook.
Lundqvist was stellar in claiming the first two wins of the Eastern Conference finals for the Rangers over the Canadiens on the road. But Montreal exacted a bit of revenge in Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.
Alex Galchenyuk tipped in a pass at the right post 1:12 into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens overcame a late tying goal and beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Thursday night.
"I think Montreal's in a hole right now that they're not gonna get out off. They may win one, but ... goaltending is an issue. I just love the personality of this team. I like the leadership. I like the coaching. There's a lot to like."
Gone will be the fear of impending doom. Suddenly, the Rangers are the front-runners against the Canadiens, and their fans now have the chance to celebrate the ride with them.
Tokarski made his playoff debut Monday in place of Carey Price, who is out for the series. He had 27 saves in Game 2 in just his 11th-career NHL appearance, when the Rangers won 3-1 to take a 2-0 lead.
The last thing that Alain Vigneault and any of the New York Rangers are about to do is look at the Carey Price-less Montreal Canadiens and take them lightly.
"Is he playing well? Yeah, but we're doing a good job," Subban said. "Some of it is luck, as well. He's getting a little bit lucky, but that's what you need in the playoffs."
We have a deal. But that was a close one. "De Blasio time" nearly came back to bite New York's mayor in a forever-pending bagel wager over the Rangers-Canadiens Eastern Conference finals.
He's playing at a supreme level, to the point where beating the Rangers has become nearly impossible. And don't look now -- the King is six wins away from being crowned.
Henrik Lundqvist has the surging Rangers two wins away. "I thought we played well, and the only reason we lost was Lundqvist," Montreal coach Michel Therrien said after Monday's Game 2.
The short-handed Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-110 on Wednesday night.
Jose Alvarado scored a season-high 26 points and Mikal Bridges added 22 points as the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 138-89 Wednesday night.
Pascal Siakam scored 30 points and the Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the Knicks with a 137-134 overtime victory on Tuesday night.
Nic Claxton scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Nets to a 123-113 win over the Bulls on Monday night.
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John's outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
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Lindsey Vonn posted on Instagram a day after suffering a broken leg in a devastating crash at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
Google and Pepsi were among the best ads of the Big Game, while Coinbase and ai.com got failing grades, according to one ranking.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
A Brooklyn community is fighting to turn a forgotten landmark into a heritage center.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said officials expected the Trump administration to release more than $200 million in frozen funds by Friday, but they did not.
Some homeowners in an affordable housing program in Queens say their dreams turned into nightmares as they encountered issue after issue at their newly rehabbed homes.
Starting Monday, big changes to the New York Department of Motor Vehicles point system will result in steeper penalties for dangerous drivers.
The Portal North Bridge in New Jersey is nearing completion, and when done will mark a major milestone for commuters along the Northeast Corridor.
New Yorkers felt much better on Tuesday as a warm front moved toward the region. But, snow and ice could make for a potentially dangerous evening.
A Cold Weather Advisory is in place through 10 a.m. on Monday for the entire Tri-State Area. As a result, a First Alert Weather Day will be in play for at least part of the day.
A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk in the Bronx and hitting pedestrians on a sidewalk Friday.
Parts of New York and Connecticut could see snow Friday into Saturday. A First Alert Weather Day is in effect for the weekend due to dangerously cold temperatures.
Bundle up — New York City and the Tri-State Area's stretch of dangerously cold weather continues, and it's sticking around longer than anyone would like.
A Palestinian woman who had been living and working in Paterson, New Jersey, suffered a seizure while in ICE custody in Texas, her legal team says.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said officials expected the Trump administration to release more than $200 million in frozen funds by Friday, but they did not.
Video from a New Jersey police department's drone helped officers rescue a missing child in dense woods amid severely cold weather.
A New Jersey jury found Paul Caneiro guilty of murdering his brother and his brother's family before setting their house on fire.
Several websites allegedly falsely claiming to be local florists are getting hundreds of complaints from across the country, according to the Better Business Bureau.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
It has been a brutal viral season, but as RSV cases surged in New York, Northwell Health doctors say infant hospitalizations remained down, thanks to a fairly new vaccine.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman accepted the Republican Party's nomination for New York governor on Wednesday at the GOP convention in Garden City.
An arrest has been made in the 2021 acid attack on Long Island college student Nafiah Ikram. Prosecutors said Terell Campbell had numerous incriminating and shocking web searches and rapped about burning someone with acid.
New Yorkers felt much better on Tuesday as a warm front moved toward the region. But, snow and ice could make for a potentially dangerous evening.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said officials expected the Trump administration to release more than $200 million in frozen funds by Friday, but they did not.
President Trump pardoned five former NFL players - one posthumously - for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking.
Kathryn Ruemmler served as White House counsel under former President Barack Obama.
Nineteen people died in New York City during a recent snap of brutally cold weather that lasted more than three weeks, according to officials.
The Senate failed to advance a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, paving the way for another partial government shutdown.
The longest and largest nurses strike in New York City history is set to end after over three weeks as NYSNA says it has a tentative agreement.
Mount Sinai Health System and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield failed to reach a contract agreement by Dec. 31, which means about 9,000 physicians are no longer considered in-network.
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.
The goal is to get patients drunk and high at a new research lab on the border of Nassau County and Queens.
The Patchogue-Medford School District said in a letter that the Suffolk County Department of Health alerted them about an infectious person in the school community.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection said there was a "significant reduction in water usage" throughout the Big Apple during his show. That changed as soon as his performance ended.
Catherine O'Hara, known for her roles in "Home Alone," "Schitt's Creek" and "Beetlejuice," died on Jan. 30 at the age of 71.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet.
The short-handed Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-110 on Wednesday night.
Jose Alvarado scored a season-high 26 points and Mikal Bridges added 22 points as the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 138-89 Wednesday night.
Pascal Siakam scored 30 points and the Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the Knicks with a 137-134 overtime victory on Tuesday night.
Nic Claxton scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Nets to a 123-113 win over the Bulls on Monday night.
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John's outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
A Brooklyn community is fighting to turn a forgotten landmark into a heritage center.
Edward R. Murrow High School's new boiler system cuts emissions while doubling as a hands-on sustainability lesson for students.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
After their building managers were arrested on fraud charges, tenants in Queens say their apartments were left in chaos.
Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture centennial anniversary began last year, and 2026 marks 100 years since the library became owner of its namesake's personal collection, making it a full-fledged research center.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
A Palestinian woman who had been living and working in Paterson, New Jersey, suffered a seizure while in ICE custody in Texas, her legal team says. CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.
A Brooklyn community is fighting to turn a forgotten landmark into a heritage center. CBS News New York's Hannah Kliger reports.
Paul Caneiro was convicted of killing his brother and his brother's family in their Colts Neck mansion during his trial in New Jersey.
Couples around the world are celebrating love ahead of Valentine's Day. Some kids in the United Kingdom gave their take on love and marriage.
Prices for Valentine's Day classics have jumped more than 20%, making it harder to afford gifts.
