Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals squeezed into the playoffs as the East's seventh seed.
Nashville traded forwards Martin Erat and Michael Latta for promising Washington Capitals forward Filip Forsberg.
Brodeur last played in a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Feb. 21.
Stepan gives the Rangers scoring depth, which will be needed against Alex Ovechkin and the offensively powerful Washington Capitals.
The Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 behind Henrik Lundqvist's second consecutive shutout.
The Jets (18-18-2) lost their fourth straight, but still lead the Southeast Division over the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals.
The Minnesota Wild, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals, and Detroit Red Wings are all among a group lacking that extra spark.
The Washington Capitals remained two points ahead at the top of the Southeast Division after a win in Montreal on Tuesday.
They lost three of the first five games to the Washington Capitals, then goalie Henrik Lundqvist posted consecutive shutouts, 1-0 and 5-0.
The Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 behind Lundqvist's second consecutive shutout.
WASHINGTON Forgive the Washington Capitals for their understandable displays of frustration Monday night.
Whatever is ailing Nash threatened his playing status for Sunday's 2-1 home victory over the Washington Capitals but he was in the lineup.
The infusion of those players, particularly center Derick Brassard, stabilized the roster and helped the Rangers push past the Washington Capitals in the first round.
Washington Capitals forward Brooks Laich threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
The move was announced hours before Buffalo hosted the Washington Capitals.
Washington Capitals defenseman Roman Hamrlik leads the way with 1, 383 appearances.
The winner will face either the Washington Capitals or New York Rangers, who forced a Game 7 of their own with a 1-0 victory Sunday night.
"Coaches feel intense pressure to win, and they'll do anything to make it happen, " said Nate Ewell, former vice president of communications for the Washington Capitals.
The Jets (18-18-2) lost their fourth straight, but still lead the Southeast Division by two points over the Washington Capitals and four over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Richards has one goal in 10 games, and Tortorella had been cutting his playing time since the middle of the Rangers' first-round series against the Washington Capitals.
Staal is returning to action at a critical time for the Rangers, who entered Game 3 against the Washington Capitals down 2-0 in the best-of-seven, first-round series.
Lundqvist, last year's Vezina Trophy winner and finalist for that award this season, enters the series with consecutive shutouts in Games 6 and 7 against the Washington Capitals.
Staal logged 17 minutes, 17 seconds of ice time in 21 shifts of the Rangers' 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals in Game 3 of the best-of-seven, first-round series.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored 4:39 into the extra session, and the Devils won their third straight game to start the lockout-shortened season, 3-2 over the winless Washington Capitals on Friday night.
Derek Stepan, Brian Boyle and Ryan Callahan took advantage of Ovechkin's miscues Sunday to lead the Rangers to a 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals, New York's fifth win in six games.
The Rangers will host Game 6 of their first-round series against the Washington Capitals on Sunday, and they will need to win to force a deciding contest in the nation's capital on Monday.
With their 3-2 loss to the Washington Capitals in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Rangers failed to take control of a series that is now tied at two games apiece.
The Rangers are just over one week removed from back-to-back shutouts by Henrik Lundqvist in Games 6 and 7 against the Washington Capitals in the first round, but those good times feel a whole lot longer ago now.
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