Ryane Clowe News

SAN JOSE – The Sharks' Logan Couture had just gone tumbling into the boards, gotten up gingerly, grabbed his left calf and headed immediately through the tunnel into the locker room without stopping on the bench.

The Boxford native and former BC star was playing in front of friends and family, and against the Bruins, the team he grew up rooting for.

The Rangers might be battling the Bruins on the ice, but they just can't seem to escape the Capitals off it.

For the first time in the playoffs, Rangers coach John Tortorella decided to split up his top defensive pair of Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh in deference to his opposition's depth.

In Seaford accident on Sunrise Hwy/NY Rt-27 EB at Rt-135/Seaford-Oyster Bay Expy and before Washington Ave.

The second round of the 2013 NHL playoffs got underway on Tuesday, and players such as the New York Rangers' Derick Brassard, the Los Angeles Kings' Slava Voynov and the Boston Bruins' Jaromir Jagr are players who could be huge X-factors for their respective teams.

Although one of the two Stanley Cup playoff games on Monday night had ex-Boston College Eagles in it and the other did not, one must freely admit that it was a more exciting night of hockey in the game that didn't have the BC connection.

New York Giants fans have an undying belief in General Manager Jerry Reese . So much so, that they've coined a phrase in honor of his ability to construct winning rosters: "In Reese We Trust." Well, New York Rangers fans, it might be time for you to bestow your team's general manager with his own honorific slogan.

Now that I have come to terms with the tragedy that was Games 3-6 in round 1 of the playoffs it is time we all start looking on to the next steps for our beloved team.

The New York Rangers and Washington Capitals will battle it out tonight in a do or die Game 7 at the Verizon Center, in Washington, D.C. Well here we are.

To be frank, the New York Rangers ' regular season was a disappointment. For much of the strike-shortened campaign, the Blueshirts were wildly inconsistent.

The Washington Capitals will try to advance to the second round of the playoffs, as they visit the New York Rangers on Sunday in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

The Rangers were 3-1 in elimination games during last year's playoffs, defeating the Senators in Games 6 and 7 in the opening round and beating the Capitals in Game 7 of the second round before succumbing to the Devils in an overtime Game 6 of the conference finals.

Sharks general manager Doug Wilson does not usually tip his hand before making any moves, but in March he signaled that he was taking an unconventional approach to the NHL's April 3 trade deadline.

Rangers right wing Ryane Clowe celebrates after he had an assist on Carl Hagelin's goal in the second period of Game 4 of their first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Washington Capitals.

The Rangers star player has been a factor in the playoffs, but for all the wrong reasons.

Troy Brouwer of the Washington Capitals is defended by Dan Girardi and Henrik Lundqvist of the Rangers in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at the Verizon Center.

The Rangers , I'm convinced, will never get a bounce in Washington during the playoffs.

May 8, 2013; New York, NY, USA; New York Rangers right wing Ryane Clowe celebrates a goal scored by left wing Carl Hagelin on Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby during the second period in game four of the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs at Madison Square Garden.

Martin Erat, left, was injured after sliding into the net in Game 4 against the Rangers in New York on Wednesday.