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| The New York Rangers celebrate their game winning overtime goal against the Washington Capitals in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals during the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in New York. |
NEW YORK (AP)
-- Derek Stepan scored 11:24 in overtime, lifting the New York Rangers
past the Washington Capitals 2-1 and into the Eastern Conference finals
Wednesday night.
Stepan's wrist shot from the
left wing after he won a faceoff - a rarity for the Rangers - capped a
comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the series. The Rangers are the only team
to manage that in successive years, doing the same thing to Pittsburgh
in the second round in 2014.
Alex Ovechkin
scored in the first period for Washington, which has lost five Game 7s
in as many tries when leading a series 3-1. Kevin Hayes tied it in the
second.
New York, which had the NHL's best
record this season, will face Tampa Bay for a spot in the Stanley Cup
finals, where the Rangers lost to Los Angeles last spring. The series
begins Saturday at Madison Square Garden.
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