Silverman: Rangers Play Comeback Card Masterfully; What Happens Now?
The Rangers rose to the occasion and beat a more talented opponent. They will sit and wait for Boston or Montreal to emerge as their opponents in the Eastern Conference finals.
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The Rangers rose to the occasion and beat a more talented opponent. They will sit and wait for Boston or Montreal to emerge as their opponents in the Eastern Conference finals.
WFAN co-hosts Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton wanted to know when exactly the Rangers would be playing again after their Game 7 win over Pittsburgh. Enter the commish...
Fans have grown accustomed to Henrik Lundqvist's breathtaking heroics. But those final five minutes Tuesday may have been the best hockey he's ever played.
The horn sounded and Lundqvist lifted his arms in a mixture of joy and exhaustion. Hey, nobody said carrying a team back from the brink was going to be easy, even for the goaltender his Rangers teammates call "King."
Henrik Lundqvist set an NHL record with his fifth straight Game 7 victory, making 35 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night and earn a spot in the Eastern Conference finals.
As you can probably imagine, Boomer was beside himself with excitement this morning while kicking off Wednesday's edition of the Morning Extravaganza.
No, there's nothing wrong with your television. And no, that's not a clown. That's WFAN co-host Boomer Esiason,
The bigger the game, the better Rangers center Derick Brassard plays. Ever since the Rangers fell into a 3-1 series deficit, Brassard has made vital contributions.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist has been fined $5,000 for emptying his water bottle onto Sidney Crosby while the Pittsburgh Penguins' captain was involved in a scrum in front of the New York net.
Looking overmatched and overwhelmed while falling behind 3-1 to the Penguins four games into the Eastern Conference semis, it's the Rangers who head to Game 7 on Tuesday night looking like the team ready to move on.
As you can see by the photo, we had a pretty pumped-up Boomer Esiason in the Allstate Studio this morning as his beloved Rangers prepare to take on the Penguins in a winner-take-all Game 7.
"I always squirt it when I go off the ice," Lundqvist told reporters. "I don't know what you're talking about."
St. Louis has affected his new Rangers teammates with a no-quit attitude following the death of his mother. These guys would run through a wall for him on any night.
New York has never won a series it trailed 3-1 and has never beaten the Penguins in the playoffs. That trend might be changing, largely due to the emotional lift St. Louis brought to the Rangers this weekend.
Martin St. Louis and Carl Hagelin scored 2:51 apart in the first period, and Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves and the New York Rangers avoided elimination again with a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night.
