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• Rangers get goals from surprising sources

  Rangers crushed the Capitals, 5-0, to win the series at the Verizon Center.Rangers stars Rick Nash , Brad Richards , Derek Stepan and Ryan Callahan were quiet until Callahan scored the fourth goal -- the back-breaker -- just 13 seconds into the third period.   Read more »

• Rick Nash has been held in check through four games by Capitals

  are congregating on Rick Nash."They're shrinking the zone," said Nash, the elite power forward who has one assist -- on Derek Stepan 's Game 3 winner -- in four games against Washington. "To beat that, I've got to use the weak-side 'D' and figure it out."In   Read more »

• Tortorella isn't dwelling on the negatives of Rangers' 2-0 deficit to Capitals

  out more productive line combinations. During Game 2, he moved Rick Nash away from Brad Richards and onto a line with Derek Stepan and Ryan Callahan ."I'm trying to develop more offense, and Hags [Carl Hagelin] was fighting it a bit and I wanted to get Nasher   Read more »

• John Tortorella: Derek Stepan 'our most consistent player'

  center Derek Stepan leads the Rangers in points (42), assists (25) and plus-minus (+23). After tallying just 10 points during the first two months of the season, Stepan turned it on for the stretch run, and added a goal and assist against Carolina on Thursday   Read more »

• Rangers' playoff hopes take a hit with 4-2 loss to Flyers

  and never trailed. Down 3-1 and after failing on five power plays, the Rangers turned up the pressure in the third period. Derek Stepan scooped up Ryan Callahan 's blocked shot and scored his 15th goal of the season at 7:28, beating Mason (38 saves) stick   Read more »

Around the web

• Stepan Nicked In NY's Loss

  Derek Stepan left the ice under his own power in the first period of Saturday's Game 5 tilt against the Bruins after he took a puck to the face. He returned shortly afterward, and skated 25 shifts in New York's 3-1 loss. (Updated 5/25/13) No information available 5/25/13 from CBS Sports Read more »

• Rangers' Stepan Snaps Out Of Slump

  Derek Stepan contributed a goal and an assist in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over Boston. (Updated 5/24/13) No information available at this time (Updated 5/24/13). Derek Stepan snuck in behind the Boston net, swiped the puck from Zedeno Chara for a wrap around   from CBS Sports Read more »

• Rangers top Bruins in OT, force Game 5 in Boston

  Conference semifinals. "Tonight is a good example of just how deep we are," Kreider said. "There is no quit in this room." Derek Stepan and Brian Boyle scored tying goals in the third period for the Rangers, who even found a bit of success on the power play.   from KansasCity.com Read more »

• Blueshirts finally flick on the ‘power’ switch

  23 straight power plays without scoring since the Washington series. But as Boyle came down the middle of the ice, Derek Stepan put a perfect pass on his stick, and he had enough time to measure Rask and beat him cleanly. The power had been turned back on.   from New York Post Read more »

• Bruins bad in big way

  Rask tripping on the ice as a dribbler slid Buckner-esque by him and into the net? Was it Zdeno Chara allowing the Rangers’ Derek Stepan to sneak up behind him, take the puck and score a wraparound goal off a shocked, asleep-at-the-switch Rask? Was it a too-many-men   from Boston Herald Read more »