Marian Gaborik

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Bruins 3, Rangers 2 (OT) BOSTON - Brad Marchand scored his first goal of the playoffs 15:40 into overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in the first playoff...

It was on April 3 that Derick Brassard pulled a blue shirt of a different tint over his shoulders and began to push his career to new heights. Traded from the Blue Jackets to the New York Rangers just hours earlier, Brassard on that day became a...

Boston and New York are natural geographical rivals, and that has always extended to the cities' sports teams. There are the Red Sox and Yankees, of course. The Celtics and Knicks have had their battles through the decades. And the Patriots have been...

Henrik Lundqvist slammed his stick in disgust when an overtime loss in Washington put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination. Two days later, the star goalie pumped his arm and let out an emphatic yell when his shutout kept the Rangers alive...

On April 25, Rangers forward Derick Brassard tweeted something both simple and elegant: "Playoffs!!!!!" In much fewer than 140 characters, Brassard summed up the way most hockey players feel when they reach the postseason. But Brassard hadn't had...

Craig Leipold had been approved as the new majority owner of the Wild in April 2008. The NHL's free-agent period opened a couple of months later, and it became clear the Wild was ready to end what had been a largely conservative stance when it came to...

The Sports Xchange By Denis Gorman, The Sports Xchange Rangers even series with another home win NEW YORK -- In his third National Hockey League season, Derek Stepan has evolved into a player whom John Tortorella depends on in all situations. On...

As his first NHL playoff games approach, Derick Brassard recalled his close call in 2008-09 with Columbus. "If we would have got past Detroit, I could've played in the second round," said Brassard, who played 31 games that year before injuring his...

Throw out the 2-0-1 record against the Capitals this season. Forget outlasting Alex Ovechkin & Co. in last season's rough-and-tumble seven-game Eastern Conference semifinals. For the Rangers, the opening round of the playoffs, which begin in...

The pieces came together at the right time. In the end, you can trace the upswing in the Rangers season to a hot goaltender, late-season roster changes and clutch plays by captain Ryan Callahan. After a summer of great expectations with the signing of...

The last time the Wild were in a playoff game, Jacques Lemaire was behind the bench, Brian Rolston and Marian Gaborik were leading the attack, and Kim Johnsson was the top blue liner. "And obviously I was a lot younger," said Mikko Koivu. Well, it's...

It was July 4 in Turku, Finland, and Mikko Koivu figured instead of sitting at a computer hitting refresh for hours, he would hit the links for a round of golf. Finally, his phone rang with Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher's number flashing on the...