Rick Nash

BOSTON — As each Bruins defenseman goes down, he seems to grow taller and taller. The program lists Zdeno Chara at 6-9. Yet when Claude Julien was forced to start the Eastern Conference semifinals with three rookie defensemen because of injury,...

NEW YORK — They haven't met in the playoffs in 40 years. They haven't meant when it has really mattered since Emile Francis was coach and Glen Sather was one of his Rangers players. They haven't meant since Orr and Espo were in Boston and Don Cherry...

The best time to make a big trade in the NHL is when you don’t have to. You’re negotiating with leverage. If you have a weakness you’re trying to fill, it’s either not obvious or not urgent. And so, it makes sense that the worst...

Round 1 of the 2013 NHL playoffs gave fans everything they’ve come to love about hockey’s second season: unpredictability, upsets, hard hitting and spectacular plays. Three of the series went to a Game 7 and lower seeds won five of......

The 2013 Stanley Cup is Pittsburgh’s to lose. Even with stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin – arguably the best two players in the league – out of the lineup down the stretch, the Penguins continued to win, seemingly with......

Rick Nash to the Kings: Nearly everyone in the hockey world believes the Columbus Blue Jackets will trade Rick Nash to the Kings....

I’m all for Thursday’s trade that sent Flyers’ forward Jeff Carter to Columbus for Jakub Voracek – a solid second-line player – and draft picks. But the subsequent trade that sent Flyers’ Captain Mike Richards to Los...

Here's the lineup for the six events in the NHL's Super Skills contest Saturday at the RBC Center. Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater -- Order determined on the ice Team Staal Team Lidstrom *Michael Grabner – New York Islanders Duncan Keith......

The Kings have become road warriors, turning a potentially deflating 10-game stretch of games away from Staples Center into a joy ride that continued Wednesday with a 4-3 shootout victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Jarret Stoll scored the only......

The Sports Xchange Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Marchard's OT goal lifts Bruins in Game 1 BOSTON - Brad Marchand's hockey Thursday began with him leaving the morning skate in pain after pulling up at the end of a drill. His hockey Thursday ended...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Bruins 3, Rangers 2 (OT) BOSTON - Brad Marchand scored his first goal of the playoffs 15:40 into overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in the first playoff...

With little margin for error, Henrik Lundqvist offered none. The reigning Vezina Trophy winner - and finalist for this season's award - registered back-to-back shutouts to propel the New York Rangers into the Eastern Conference's second round. Lundqvist...