Mats Zuccarello News

The New York Rangers are playing the Boston Bruins in the playoffs for the first time in 40 years.

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, right,drops his stick to make a save as Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand and Jaromir Jagr hover during the first period.

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The New York Rangers and Boston Bruins will play each other in the Easter Conference Semifinals.

Zuccarello has a goal and four assists in seven playoff games, after putting up 3-5-8 totals in 15 games this year.

Led by Henrik Lundqvist's 35 saves in a second consecutive shutout, and goals from some unlikely sources, the New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 in Game 7 Monday night to reach the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Vermont House voted Monday evening to make the state the first in the country to legislate allowing physicians to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it.

The New York Rangers held serve against the Washington Capitals , defeating them 1-0 on Sunday to force a deciding Game 7. Rangers' goalie Henrik Lundqvist was a brick wall in front of net once again.

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots in earning his seventh NHL playoff shutout, and Derick Brassard scored a second-period goal for the New York Rangers, who stayed alive with a 1-0 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday that forced a Game 7 in the first-round series.

The Rangers acquired Rick Nash to avoid being in this position, to avoid games in which the season is on the line and the offense appears for extended stretches allergic to energy and ingenuity.

Puck in the net. Heads down. A familiar and sickening feeling for the Rangers, who are now one game from elimination.

We've talked a lot about the three players the New York Rangers brought back in the Marian Gaborik trade at the deadline.

The New York Rangers were struggling for most of season with depth issues. The middle of their lineup was depleted by a blockbuster trade for Rick Nash and players leaving through free agency.

A lot of people speculated that the signing of Mats Zuccarello and the waiver wire pickup of Roman Hamrlik was enough to keep Glen Sather away from the trade market in this strange, shortened season.

There was an interesting quote from Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News after Game 3 on Monday night about Caps star winger Alex Ovechkin .

Derek Stepan's go-ahead goal with 6:25 remaining in Game 3 gave the New York Rangers a 4-3 victory, their first of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the Washington Capitals.

Derick Brassard celebrates his second-period power-play goal against the Washington Capitals during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden.

In a game that saw the return of Brian Boyle and the debut of Derek Dorsett, the Rangers fell short losing in OT to the Caps, on a Mike Green power play goal 8 minutes into the 1st OT period.

The Rangers' goal-less streak, which dates to Carl Hagelin's goal with 3:16 left in the first period of Game 1, is 111 minutes, 16 seconds.

Mike Green scored eight minutes into overtime, Braden Holtby made 24 saves for his first career playoff shutout, and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 1-0 Saturday to take a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference playoffs.