NHL Atlantic Division News

Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tomas Vokoun has a .943 save percentage so far in the Eastern Conference Semi-Final series against the Ottawa Senators.

The only appropriate reaction to hearing Paul Maclean called a last-minute timeout in a blowout.

Pittsburgh Penguins' James Neal jumps over the boards for a shift in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes in Pittsburgh, Saturday, April 27, 2013.

New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella didn't want to talk about the Boston Bruins before their playoff series, but he's paying them some compliments now that they have his team in a 2-0 hole.

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur reacts during the team's first official practice since the NHL hockey lockout ended, Sunday, Jan.

New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist makes a save on Boston Bruins forward Nathan Horton.

When Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson deflected a last-minute equalizer en route to a dramatic 2-1 overtime win Sunday night, he capped a Stanley Cup playoff weekend dense with unexpected achievements.

On the colossal stage of the conference semifinals, eight teams are currently battling it out for just four spots in the next round.

Goaltending is always a huge part of winning in the NHL , but its importance is magnified even further in the playoffs.

This July, Jarome Iginla of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Michael Ryder of the Montreal Canadiens and David Clarkson of the New Jersey Devils will be some of the most sought-after right wingers of the NHL 's free-agent market.

We love it, of course. Can't get enough of it. Every time John Tortorella, the egomaniacal coach of the New York Rangers, calls out one of his players, we're like the little girl in the TV commercials.

NY Rangers captain Ryan Callahan will try to lead the Blueshirts to their first win against the Bruins in the 2013 postseason.

Ottawa Senators' goalie Craig Anderson makes a save against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the first period of NHL hockey action in game three of the Stanley Cup Playoffs second round at Scotiabank Place Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Hezbollah fighters in their military uniform, foreground, carry the coffin of Hezbollah fighter Hassan Faisal Shuker, 18, who was killed in a battle against Syrian rebels in the Syrian town of Qusair, during his funeral procession in his hometown of Nabi Sheet in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Monday May 20, 2013.

The afternoon saw the Boston Bruins take a 2-0 series lead on the New York Rangers with a big 5-2 win.

A picture of what the new Nassau Coliseum would look like if Bruce Ratner's proposal is accepted.

After a couple of first-round defeats, the Ottawa Senators are now the lone Canadian team still standing - and they're in tough against one of this year's favourites to win the Cup, the talent-laden Pittsburgh Penguins.

This year's commencement at Boston College looks to be notable for who will be there, as well as who won't. The federal government is moving ahead with plans to sell a tiny island east of New York City, where experiments on dangerous animal diseases have been conducted since the 1950s.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and GM Ray Shero announced Saturday that they have signed defenseman Nick D'Agostino to a two-year entry-level contract.

This series was supposed to be about outstanding goaltending and defense. The problem for the New York Rangers is that it has been about Boston's outstanding goaltending and defense and not their own.