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								<![CDATA[ Refocused Rask ready for Rangers, Game 5 ]]>
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                            <dc:creator><![CDATA[ By JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer ]]></dc:creator>
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								<![CDATA[ The Bruins took a 3-0 lead into the fourth game of the best-of-seven series on Thursday night, and Nathan Horton and Torey Krug scored in the second period to give Boston the lead.

[...] just 54 seconds after the Bruins went up 2-0, Rask stumbled in the crease and fell just as Carl Hagelin backhanded a shot on net.

"Probably the ugliest goal I have ever seen turned it around for us, and that's hockey," Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist said.

Rask gave up another soft goal — with help from an uncharacteristic turnover by defenseman Zdeno Chara.

The 2009 Norris Trophy winner was stripped of the puck behind the Bruins net, and Derek Stepan wrapped it into the net behind the unsuspecting Rask to tie it 2-2.

Tyler Seguin gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead, Brad Boyle tied it for the Rangers with 10 minutes left in regulation, and then former Boston College Eagle Chris Kreider won it in overtime.

Just 10 minutes from elimination, New York now has a chance to get back into the series against a team that just three years ago blew a 3-0 lead in its second-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers. ]]>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:38:06 UT</pubDate>
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								<![CDATA[ Islanders look to future after ouster vs. Pens ]]>
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                            <dc:creator><![CDATA[ By IRA PODELL, AP Sports Writer ]]></dc:creator>
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								<![CDATA[ UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — When the shot from Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik struck the back of the net, over 16,000 strong weren't ready for the New York Islanders' season to end.

The Islanders' best season since 2007 came to a sudden end Saturday night when Orpik's shot won Game 6 in overtime and gave Pittsburgh a first-round series victory.

[...] they are the top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, and the Islanders barely qualified for their first postseason appearance in six years.

[...] the Islanders won two games in the series and had three one-goal leads in the final game before finally falling.

The 22-year-old center is a finalist for the Hart Trophy, given to the NHL MVP, and he and his teammates were cheered in the first few seconds after the season ended in a flash.

With a move to Brooklyn upcoming within the next few seasons, the Islanders' future looks bright, especially if they can re-establish themselves as a good landing spot for players around the NHL.

Nabokov gave up 24 goals in the six games, finishing with a 4.44 goals-against average and a .842 save percentage.

Nabokov went 23-11-7 with a 2.50 goals-against average, a .910 save percentage and three shutouts in 41 regular-season games.

The Islanders (24-17-7) made the most of the lockout-shortened, 48-game season and grabbed the final playoff spot in the East — but they were only two points behind fifth-place Toronto in the postseason chase.

Considering that divisional rivals, and consistent title contenders New Jersey and Philadelphia didn't even get into the playoffs, the Islanders' run — however short — still must be thought of as a building block for the future. ]]>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 22:08:21 UT</pubDate>
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