Rangers & Blackhawks punch their ticket into conference finals

Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 35 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins to win the Eastern Conference semifinals in seven games.

Brian Boyle and Brad Richards scored for New York, who rallied from a 3-1 series deficit for the first time in the franchise's 88-year history.

The Rangers did it behind Lundqvist, who stopped 102 of the final 105 shots he faced over the final three games as New York advanced to the Eastern Finals for the second time in three years and will learn their Original Six opponent this Wednesday night when Montreal faces Boston in Game 7.




Patrick Kane scored his fourth game-winner of his career on a backhand at 9:42 of overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 6 to clinch their second-round Western Conference series.

Kris Versteeg scored 1:58 into the game and Corey Crawford came up with tough save after tough save among his 34 stops for the Blackhawks, who advanced to the Western Conference Finals to meet either Anaheim or Los Angeles. Currently, The Ducks lead the other semifinal series 3-2, with the Kings hosting Game 6 on Wednesday night.