The New York Times – Sports:
The teams will begin their first-round series on Tuesday, but haven’t met in the N.H.L. playoffs since 2012, and who can forget the 1994 Eastern Conference finals of “Matteau, Matteau, Matteau!”
Category: Kreider, Chris
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Rangers vs. Devils in the First Round of the N.H.L. Playoffs? Bring it On.
The New York Times – Sports:
For fans and players, it is fun and nerve-racking to imagine a playoff series between two teams that aren’t separated by much more than the Hudson River.
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Lightning Win Over Rangers Puts Tampa One Victory From Stanley Cup Finals
The New York Times – Sports:
New York has come back throughout the playoffs, and will have to again on Saturday in Tampa with the Lightning one win from a third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Finals.
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Tampa Ties Eastern Conference Finals As Series Shifts to New York
The New York Times – Sports:
After being broadsided by the Rangers in the first two games of the series in New York, the Lightning played with their characteristic speed and discipline to even the series.
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Tampa Bay Defends Its Home Ice to Even the Series
The New York Times – Sports:
After facing the prospect of a three-game series deficit in Game 3, the Lightning will instead return to New York needing two wins to reach their third straight Stanley Cup finals.
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Rangers Open Eastern Conference Finals With a Romp Over Lightning
The New York Times – Sports:
The plucky New York team continued to dazzle at the Garden, scoring six goals to take a 1-0 series lead as Tampa looked rusty after a nine-day layoff.
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Rangers Beat the Penguins in Game 7 in Overtime
The New York Times – Sports:
Artemi Panarin scored on the power play to send the Rangers to a second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes after they had faced a three-games-to-one deficit.
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Rangers Push the Penguins to Game 7 in New York With a 5-3 Win
The New York Times – Sports:
Linemates Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad each scored two goals to extend the series and guarantee New York its first Game 7 since 2015.