Rodriguez was benched during last season's playoffs and has been ridiculed for repeatedly failing in October.
Pittsburgh came in averaging a league-high 4.27 goals in the playoffs but couldn't solve Rask.
The team that acts as if it's a gift that it just makes the playoffs?
The Bruins reached the third round of the NHL playoffs for the second time since 1992.
Based on Richards's production and quality of play in these playoffs, the move was understandable.
This kind of reluctance could be seen throughout the playoffs, but especially in the Super Bowl.
The playoffs start Wednesday with the Texas Rangers visiting the Tampa Bay Rays.
New York finished in fourth place last season in the East, and narrowly made the playoffs.
The once proud franchise had failed to make the playoffs for six straight years.
However, Piniella did lead three different ball clubs to the playoffs on seven different occasions.
Lakers use players in the playoffs who are named Who, What and I Don't Know.
Boston's Tuukka Rask, a more aggressive goalie than Lundqvist, also has been outstanding in the playoffs.
Nevertheless, his secrecy and defensiveness during these playoffs have become grist for international criticism and humor.
The NFL playoffs kick off Saturday with 12 teams fighting for the Lombardi trophy.
Canada had one-fourth of the 16 teams in the playoffs when they began April 30.
"It's very frustrating, " said Ovechkin, who's never been past the second round of the playoffs.
The Rangers earned Game 7 wins at home in last year's playoffs over Ottawa and Washington.
After missing the playoffs the last six years, the Islanders are coming of age.
There's something about the playoffs that seems to bring out the best in David Krejci.
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Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals squeezed into the playoffs as the East's seventh seed.
But in this year's playoffs, he's only averaged 2.7 points in the second quarter.
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That's what makes this rough for Rose, who tore his ACL in last year's playoffs.
The biggest hit to revenues will be from the team sitting out the playoffs.
In typical Crosby fashion, he downplayed the brilliance of his third goal of the playoffs.
Once you get into playoffs, seeds and where you finished is out the door.
Carlesimo wouldn't return, hours after they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
No NBA team has advanced in the playoffs after losing the first three games.
The franchises are meeting in the playoffs for the sixth time in 16 years.
By the playoffs in late May, you will need a reminder the lockout ever occurred.
Buffalo will miss the playoffs for the second straight season and fourth in six years.
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