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While speaking about Game 3 on Monday, Alain Vigneault said that the Rangers "need a win." Vigneault said that the Rangers have played well for the last six periods in this series and that the Rangers know what to do when they are on the ice against the Senators. Rick Nash said on Monday that the Rangers need to do a better job in front of their net and need the wingers to come down and box players out. (NYR) Nash added that the Rangers need focus more on keeping pucks out of their own net and being better defensively. (NYR) Brendan Smith said that the Rangers need to be better in the neutral zone, limit turnovers and play a more structured game. (NYR) Adam Rotter: There are certain people who Continue to Article

May 02, 2017 9:33:am EST

Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher has been playing the underdog card since before the New York Rangers came to town for Game 1 of their Eastern Conference second-round series. Boucher was just happy the Senators weren't going to get swept after a Game 1 victory and kept the routine going after his club rallied to win Game 2. Now that Ottawa is up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series with Game 3 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, is it time for Boucher to acknowledge his team might not be as overmatched as he'd like people to believe? Continue to Article

May 01, 2017 8:10:pm EST

Back home and with an extra day off following their tough double-overtime loss at Ottawa, the New York Rangers are a confident group as they prepare to face the Senators in Game 3. The Rangers led 5-3 late in the third period on Saturday before Ottawa's Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice in the last 3:19 to tie the score and then got the winner 2:54 into the second extra period. ''The guys are still feeling good about our team, feeling good about our game,'' forward J.T. Miller said Monday at the team's practice facility. Continue to Article

May 01, 2017 4:45:pm EST

Desperate times called for a players-only meeting in the Washington Capitals' locker room after they fell behind 2-0 in their second-round playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. What was said? Matt Niskanen called it "none of your business," Alex Ovechkin insisted "it stays between us," and Justin Williams said, "We'll keep that between us." Suffice it to say, when alternate captain Nicklas Backstrom and other leaders spoke up, it wasn't a cheery message. "It was things that people need to say and things that some people need to hear," winger T.J. Oshie said. "What was said is what needed to be said." What's said matters little if the Capitals don't get the job done on the ice in Game Continue to Article

May 01, 2017 2:20:am EST