Rangers 3, Penguins 0: With Backs to Wall, Rangers Fight Back

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The Morning Papers: Playoffs!
Published 5/2/2008 by kanadienkyle at IllegalCurve.com
Eastern Conference Papers Montreal vs. Philadelphia -Heading into Game 5, Guy Carbonneau is quiet on who will start in net and remains optimistic that the Habs can make a comeback. To that end, he has gave the team the day off yesterday to prepare. It may not matter, however, as Canadiens' fans have already given up hope. The team itself is pondering what went wrong? -Jim Dowd, one of the older Flyers, isn't ready to call it a career. Danny Briere, the Invisible ...

Cancelling the tee times
Published 5/2/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com blog: Rangers
The Rangers had to make a few phone calls and cancel the tee times the Penguins had penciled in for them this weekend. On Sunday, we'll get to watch our favorite team try and survive one more time. Lynn Zinser says that with their backs to the wall, the Rangers fought back. They're not dead yet, ...

Rangers keep hopes alive
Published 5/2/2008 by TonyH at Skate 2 Stick
With Backs to Wall, Rangers Fight Back Rangers down Penguins 3-0, series now 3-1 By LYNN ZINSER At the biggest moment of his season, Jaromir Jagr was facedown on the ice. He had just scored what would be a season-saving goal in the win-or-go-home game against Pittsburgh on Thursday night, and an opponent’s shoulder nearly knocked him cold. While Jagr slowly got up, the Madison Square Garden crowd thundered, then spent the rest of the night celebrating the 3-0 Game 4 victory that Jagr, the Rangers’ captain, had made possible. He came into this game vowing that the series was not over and he backed up ...