with 51 seconds left to clinch it after Henrik Lundqvist was pulled for an extra skater. Lundqvist made 29 saves and Dan Girardi scored for the Rangers, who lost to New Jersey in last year's East finals. SECOND ... BEST!! See the best action
finals last year by New Jersey after regulation in Game 6. ''There is no negativity in the room,'' defenseman Dan Girardi said. ''We're not worrying about anything else that is going on. We knew we just had to win one game. Now we
goalie Henrik Lundqvist , who was screened by several players. ''We played a really good second,'' New York's Dan Girardi said. ''The first shift of the third killed us.'' That's when Marchand made it 4-2 with a goal similar to
carried the puck in deep on the right side and passed across the crease to Marchand, who had gotten behind defenseman Dan Girardi for a tip-in. ''We felt really good going into the third, and to have that type of goal go in - it's just two-on-two
shutouts? ''Box them out before they get (near the goal) so they can't provide a screen,'' Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi said. ''If we can't box them out, the biggest thing is getting (at) their sticks. Hankie is going to stop that
Updated May 8, 2013 11:43 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) Dan Girardi and Derek Stepan scored third-period goals for the New York Rangers , who squandered a two-goal lead and then held on to get
in the second. But a fortuitous power play after the buzzer set up the Rangers to grab it all back. And they did. Dan Girardi made the most of Jason Chimera 's interference penalty, scoring the go-ahead goal 59 seconds into the third
getting in the way of the puck. Lundqvist finished with 37 saves. ''He was big for us again,'' Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi said. ''And it would have been nice to get the victory for him.'' A razor-thin margin in the playoffs between
puck later in the second period - sent a pass about 80 feet down the middle of the ice and between Rangers defensemen Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh to set up Johansson. ''I didn't know Steve had that club in his bag,'' Washington forward
Defenseman Dan Girardi scored 3:11 into overtime to give the New York Rangers a stirring ..... created when Kyle Okposo slashed the stick out of the hands of defenseman Dan Girardi . Before that, Islanders forward Colin McDonald struck the crossbar