NHL Atlantic Division News

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.

Pessimistic people will look at Game 1 for the New York Rangers and say they played a horrible game and were lucky to even get to an overtime period.

The Pittsburgh Penguins won Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Ottawa Senators last night by a score of 4-3 to lead the series by two games to none.

During the regular season, the Bruins were savaged for blowing third-period leads so often one wondered if their game plan was only 40 minutes long.

At times during the regular season, Zdeno Chara was not quite so dominating, a little less machine-like than he's been in past years.

Derick Brassard scored the game's lone goal and Henrik Lundqvist posted a 27-save shutout to backstop the New York Rangers' 1-0 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday to force a Game 7 in this Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

Like so many others his age, Jeremy Brodeur is an avid Twitter user, and he used it to express his feelings during and after the Oshawa Generals' orientation camp.

Ryan Carter of the New Jersey Devils helped Team USA in an 8-3 whipping of the reigning World Champions, scoring a shorthanded goal and adding an assist.

The New Jersey Devils have plenty to worry about, as far as their roster is concerned, this summer.

The Philadelphia Flyers will once again be a focal point around the league this summer, as their roster will need quite a bit of retooling after missing out on the playoffs.

Just when Sidney Crosby makes us think he's reached his peak as a player, the Pittsburgh Penguins center has yet another performance to raise our expectations up to unforeseen levels.