Michal Rozsival, banged up in each of the first two games of the playoff series against Buffalo, fired a shot from just inside the blue line 16:43 into the second overtime Sunday to lift the Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Sabres.

Head coach Lindy Ruff of the Sabres has been fined an undisclosed amount by the NHL for his tirade at the end of Friday night's win over the Rangers in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal.

With Chris Drury and Thomas Vanek scoring clutch goals, the Sabres didn't need to play an entire game to beat the Rangers for a second consecutive time.

Chris Drury is forever immortalized in the New York area as the boy who twirled a five-hitter in the title game to pitch Trumbull to the 1989 Little League World Series championship.

Ales Kotalik and the Sabres provided an answer to anyone questioning whether they are the elite team in the NHL.

Sean Avery is coming after the Sabres.

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has signed forward Ryan Hollweg, defenseman Thomas Pock and forward Colton Orr to contract extensions.

The Rangers finally got a chance to party like it was 1997.

The balloons had barely settled in festive Madison Square Garden when Michael Nylander and Jaromir Jagr wrecked the night for Kari Lehtonen and the visiting Thrashers.

Sean Avery is irritating enough any time he steps on the ice.

The Thrashers will turn to veteran goalie Johan Hedberg and hope for more production from their top scorers when they try to even their first-round playoff series against the Rangers on Saturday.

Jaromir Jagr scored the first goal of New York's playoff series against Atlanta, and the Rangers' leader couldn't have been more miserable.

The Rangers happily gave away the jerseys from their backs, knowing they'd soon don new ones for the playoffs.