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Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots for his 150th NHL victory and 21st career shutout, and Marian Gaborik returned from injury and scored for the fourth straight game as the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Sunday.
Marian Gaborik scored two goals about 2 1/2 minutes apart in the third period, Henrik Lundqvist held Alex Ovechkin without a point, and the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday night in a rematch of the teams' wild playoff series.
The sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden came to cheer Marian Gaborik, the New York Rangers' major free-agent signing over the summer, only to see him upstaged by linemates Brandon Dubinsky and Vinny Prospal.
If the Capitals manage to come all the way back to win their series against the Rangers, Game 5 will be remembered for all sorts of reasons.
John Tortorella's view from a suite was no better than the one from the bench, and the suspended coach watched helplessly as the Washington Capitals routed his New York Rangers for the second straight game.
Alex Ovechkin insists he and the Washington Capitals aren't frustrated even though Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers have the Southeast Division champions on the brink of elimination.
Henrik Lundqvist made 37 saves, Ryan Callahan had a goal and an assist and the New York Rangers clinched a playoff spot with a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.
Brandon Dubinsky and defenseman Dan Girardi scored 2:04 apart during New York's three-goal second period, and Henrik Lundqvist earned his 20th NHL shutout to lift the Rangers to a 3-0 victory that sent the New Jersey Devils to a season-high, fifth straight loss Monday night.
Henrik Lundqvist reached 30 wins for the fourth straight season, Sean Avery scored his first goal since returning to the Rangers, and Scott Gomez had three points in New York's 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.
The only trouble Sean Avery's mouth got him into on his first day back with the New York Rangers was in losing a bet to goalie Henrik Lundqvist.
Mike Green isn't used to goalies keeping him from putting the puck in the net. So forgive him for being annoyed when a few first-period chances failed to get past Henrik Lundqvist.
Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves to earn his second shutout in three games, and Brandon Dubinsky and Lauri Korpikoski provided the offense in the New York Rangers' 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.
Henrik Lundqvist became the fifth NHL goalie to start a career with four 20-win seasons, and the New York Rangers turned their struggling power play into a plus in a 4-0 victory over the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.
Markus Naslund scored one of the New York Rangers' four goals in a wild third period, and Henrik Lundqvist made the lead stand up in a 5-4 comeback win over the New York Islanders on Monday night.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped all five shots in the shootout and Chris Drury scored the only goal in the tiebreaker to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.
Roberto Luongo came out on top in his busiest night of the season, yet the goalie duel everyone expected against Henrik Lundqvist never materialized.
Nikolai Zherdev scored the only goal in a shootout and Henrik Lundqvist denied all three Ottawa shooters, giving the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory Monday night over the Senators.
Henrik Lundqvist's matchup against Roberto Luongo was hard enough. Trying to beat the NHL's hottest goalie without any help from his teammates was way too much to ask.
Rangers captain Chris Drury scored his first two goals and Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves in a 4-2 victory over the Islanders on Monday night in the opening New York-New York matchup of the season.
Henrik Lundqvist and another flukey goal have the New York Rangers halfway to the second round, and the New Jersey Devils wondering what they have to do to beat their longtime rival.
Jaromir Jagr scored two power-play goals in a 2-minute span of the first period, Henrik Lundqvist stopped 25 shots, and the New York Rangers clinched an Eastern Conference playoff berth with a 3-0 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.
Sean Avery posted his third two-goal effort in a month and Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves for the New York Rangers, who got back to their winning ways with a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.
Nigel Dawes' shootout goal settled a brilliant goaltending duel between New York teammate Henrik Lundqvist and Boston's Alex Auld and lifted the Rangers to a stirring 1-0 victory over the Bruins on Sunday.
Chris Drury scored a power-play goal and added an assist, and Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves for the New York Rangers in a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday.
Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers agreed Thursday on a six-year, $41.25 million contract extension that will keep the two-time Vezina Trophy finalist in the fold through the 2013-14 season.
What we think we know after the Rangers' European adventureWhatever doubts we may have about the quality of the Rangers' opponent this weekend, a few things were crystallized. Among them:
Reading Between the PipesAll you need to know about what happened last night in the Garden in the Rangers' 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders can be told by looking at four shots that hit the pipes instead of the net.
Rangers, Lundqvist agree to six-year dealGoaltender Henrik Lundqvist will be a Ranger for the next six years.
No Power, No Goals For The RangersSixty five minutes and no goals. Three All-Star shooters and no goals. If the Rangers are going to do anything this year, they will need a better output than that. Yet, the top two Ranger lines are still not clicking, not on the power play [0-6] and not at even strength.
No Point to Ranger Power PlayThe Rangers did almost everything right last night in Atlanta. They withstood the home team's first period onslaught and even came away with a lead at the first intermission.
The Lundqvist Bowl is onI'm not sure any hockey executive has ever made a roster move purely to appease us media types, and yet thanks are still in order to Dallas GM Doug Armstrong, who called up center Joel Lundqvist from Iowa just in time to face his twin brother Henrik tonight in Dallas.
With Migraines in Check and a Healed Hip, Lundqvist is Ready for Camp to StartIt wasnt just the hip-flexor, nor the fatigue from playing in the Olympics that hindered Henrik Lundqvist last season. The Rangers rising star goalie also suffered from migraine headaches, which he says occurred as the playoffs started.
Lundqvist, Prucha keep proving kids are all rightYesterday's Kids Day matinee at Madison Square Garden featuring the Rangers and Florida Panthers couldn't have been more appropriately named.
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