Holtby Stops 44 As Caps Win Game 4, Draw Even With Bruins
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 to tie the series at two games a piece as Braden Holtby stopped 44 shots in the win.
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The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 to tie the series at two games a piece as Braden Holtby stopped 44 shots in the win.
Brian Elliott made 24 saves, B.J. Crombeen and Andy McDonald scored and the St. Louis Blues moved one win away from the second round.
An Illinois man was arrested this week for sending threatening emails to the president and owner of the Chicago Blackhawks and the former general manager of the Chicago Cubs, claiming they "stole his idea to win championships."
Cory Schneider made 43 saves and stopped Dustin Brown's penalty shot in his first career playoff victory, Daniel Sedin sparked Vancouver's power play in his return from injury, and the top-seeded Canucks avoided an embarrassing first-round sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 4 on Wednesday night.
(93-7 The FAN) -- The Penguins finally found a multiple-goal lead they liked, thrashing the Philadelphia Flyers, 10-3, Wednesday night in Game 4.
Kyle Turris scored at 2:42 of overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night, tying the Eastern Conference series at two games apiece.
The NHL playoffs have seen numerous penalties and suspensions and accusations that some players are trying to injure opponents.
This probably won't surprise anyone, but Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres doesn't think there was anything wrong with his hit on Marian Hossa.
Brian Campbell scored on a second-period power play and the Florida Panthers staged their greatest playoff comeback in franchise history, rallying from an early three-goal deficit to defeat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Tuesday night.
The Red Wings fall to the Nashville Predators 3-1 Tuesday night and go down 3-1 in the best of 7 series the first-round Western Conference playoff series.
Seems like the new feeling in Hockey Town during the playoffs these days is playing from behind!
Mikkel Boedker scored 13:15 into overtime, and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their wild and physical opening-round Western Conference playoff series.
NHL punishment czar Brendan Shanahan caught so much flack for his soft, inexplicable non-suspension of Shea Weber, that I was worried he would overcompensate and hammer Andrew Shaw far worse than deserved.
Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves for his fourth NHL playoff shutout, and Brian Boyle scored for the third straight game as the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Monday night.
The Rangers -- and their fans -- got a good look at the future Monday night.
Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstom received a match penatly after the final buzzer of Monday Night's Game 3 against the Bruins, and could find himself watching Thursday's Game 4.
Washington's Karl Alzner should be ready for Milan Lucic on Thursday.
After a frustrating Game 2 versus the Washington Capitals, the Boston Bruins are on the road tonight for an important Game 3. Gresh and Zolak feel the Bruins need to pump up the energy tonight and crash the net.
The Red Wings rally but fall short losing to the Nashville Predators 3-2 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Sunday.
Heading into the playoffs, the Penguins had really good special teams numbers, tied for fifth in the entire league on the power play and the third best penalty killing team. However, in this series there seems to be nothing special for special teams as the Philadelphia Flyers continue to completely own the Penguins who seem to have no answers.
Boston, MA-The Capitals even up their best of seven with the Boston Bruins on a Nicklas Backstrom game winner in double overtime.
(93-7 The FAN) -- Steve Sullivan, who spent most of the regular season on the point of the first power play unit alongside Letang, returned to the point.
Braden Holtby stopped the first 29 shots he faced Thursday night, but the 30th was all the Boston Bruins would need to capture a 1-0 victory over the Washington Capitals in overtime of their playoff opener.
Marian Gaborik and Brian Boyle scored minutes apart in the second period to break open a tight game, and the top-seeded New York Rangers opened their first-round Eastern Conference series with a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.
Martin Hanzal scored 9:29 into overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes opened the playoffs with a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.
