Jaromir Jagr

Something seemed to be wrong with Brad Marchand in the first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. He had no jump, no energy to his game, which is based on such things. But all of a sudden, he was part of that shift that produced Patrice...

Where Sidney Crosby has been the heart, Marc-Andre Fleury the soul and Brooks Orpik the conscience of the core of these Penguins, Pascal Dupuis doesn't have a label. Just the respect of every player in their dressing room. Perhaps none more so than...

The Ottawa Senators hope the return of Jason Spezza can ignite a spark in their Eastern Conference second-round series with the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins. Sidelined since undergoing back surgery for a herniated disk in late January, Spezza will be in...

Penguins 4, Senators 3: Captain Sidney Crosby recorded his second career postseason hat trick as top-seeded Pittsburgh staved off visiting Ottawa to seize a 2-0 advantage in their Eastern Conference second-round series. Brenden Morrow scored,...

It was as close as predicted, the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between two similar teams, the Rangers and Bruins, with the score tied at 2 after regulation. But then came overtime, which has not been kind to the Rangers in the...

The hockey experts got this one right. Man, did they ever. They said this Bruins-Rangers Eastern Conference semifinal was going to be one of those nail-biting, could-go-either-way, intangibles-on-parade extravaganzas -- and that's exactly what you got...

Boston and New York are natural geographical rivals, and that has always extended to the cities' sports teams. There are the Red Sox and Yankees, of course. The Celtics and Knicks have had their battles through the decades. And the Patriots have been...

The line of Milan Lucic, David Krejci and Nathan Horton combined for 29 points in the Bruins' seven-game series victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The guess here is that the New York Rangers' coaching staff took notice of that. So it's a good bet...

On the heels of a world-class goaltending exhibition from Henrik Lundqvist, a defensive clampdown on Alex Ovechkin and offensive contributions from unexpected sources in Game 7 against the Washington Capitals, the Rangers enter the Eastern Conference...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Bruins 5, Maple Leafs 4, (OT) BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins, their season apparently over early in the third period, came all the way back from a 4-1 deficit and eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Historic rally lifts Bruins in Game 7 BOSTON -- The home crowd was heading for the exits. The folks who stayed weren't very happy, letting their team know they weren't thrilled with the way the...

The obituaries were being written for the Bruins' 2013 season last night, and to be sure, they were not going to be kind. But the B's, on the brink of elimination and perhaps an offseason overhaul, simply rose from the dead. After a hellacious, three-...