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• Rangers get goals from surprising sources

  Rangers crushed the Capitals, 5-0, to win the series at the Verizon Center.Rangers stars Rick Nash , Brad Richards , Derek Stepan and Ryan Callahan were quiet until Callahan scored the fourth goal -- the back-breaker -- just 13 seconds into the third period.   Read more »

• Rick Nash has been held in check through four games by Capitals

  are congregating on Rick Nash."They're shrinking the zone," said Nash, the elite power forward who has one assist -- on Derek Stepan 's Game 3 winner -- in four games against Washington. "To beat that, I've got to use the weak-side 'D' and figure it out."In   Read more »

• Tortorella isn't dwelling on the negatives of Rangers' 2-0 deficit to Capitals

  out more productive line combinations. During Game 2, he moved Rick Nash away from Brad Richards and onto a line with Derek Stepan and Ryan Callahan ."I'm trying to develop more offense, and Hags [Carl Hagelin] was fighting it a bit and I wanted to get Nasher   Read more »

• John Tortorella: Derek Stepan 'our most consistent player'

  center Derek Stepan leads the Rangers in points (42), assists (25) and plus-minus (+23). After tallying just 10 points during the first two months of the season, Stepan turned it on for the stretch run, and added a goal and assist against Carolina on Thursday   Read more »

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• Marchand lifts Bruins past Rangers in OT

  who rallied from a three-goal deficit on Monday to take a series victory over Toronto. Tuukka Rask stopped 33 shots in the win. Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh each scored while Lundqvist turned away 45 shots for the Rangers, who needed seven games to defeat   from The Sports Network Read more »

• Rapid Reaction: Bruins 3, Rangers 2 (OT)

  for the win. Tie game: After a goal in the waning seconds of the middle frame, the Rangers added another quick score with Derek Stepan ’s third goal of the playoffs 14 seconds into the third. The Bruins erased the Rangers’ lead minutes later with recently-recalled   from ESPN Read more »

• Rangers, Bruins open series in Boston

  -1 Milan Lucic credited with hit on Ryan Callahan in offensive zone PP 3rd Period 18:48 -1 Zdeno Chara shot blocked by Derek Stepan PP 3rd Period 18:27 -1 Patrice Bergeron won faceoff against Derek Stepan in neutral zone 3rd Period 18:27 -1 Stoppage - Offside   from ESPN Read more »

• Injury updates on Martin Erat, Brooks Laich

  regular season appearances. In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, Erat was trying to keep pace with New York’s Derek Stepan when Alex Ovechkin launched himself into the two players, causing them all to go flying and the Capitals’ newest winger   from The Washington Post Read more »

• Rangers try to avoid elimination

  Derek Stepan in offensive zone 2nd Period 2:08 -1 Stoppage - Icing 2nd Period 1:32 -1 Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Derek Stepan in defensive zone 2nd Period 1:32 -1 Stoppage - Icing 2nd Period 1:23 -1 Shot missed by Carl Hagelin, Wide of Net(Tip-In   from ESPN Read more »