Rangers force Game 7 after an emotional victory

NEW YORK: A grieving Martin St. Louis scored an emotional goal to help the New York Rangers force a series-deciding Game 7 with a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.
Playing on Mother's Day, just three days after his mother's sudden death, the right winger scored 3:34 into the game and the Rangers fed off of his raw emotion to tie the Eastern Conference semi-finals series at 3-3.
With their second straight do-or-die win, New York head into Tuesday's decider in Pittsburgh with all the momentum.
St Louis's goal lifted the Madison Square Garden crowd, who chanted his name as the player unleashed a big fist pump and pointed in the direction of his father and sister, both in attendance for the contest.
"It's been a tough day for everyone. To have (my family) here going through this tough time - I couldn't be happier," St. Louis told reporters.
"I know my mom would be proud."
Cari Hagelin added a second goal three minutes after the opener and although Brandon Sutter pulled one back for the Penguins in the first period, Derick Brassard sealed the contest for the Rangers late in the second.
New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves in the victory.
"The first period hurt us," said Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby. "We fought hard and tried to get back, but you can't continue to do that in the playoffs."
The Rangers held Pittsburgh forwards Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to a combined three shots on goal as New York adopted a physical approach to deal with the Penguins captain, putting a body on him nearly every time he touched the puck.
After appearing to have control of the series, Pittsburgh have been out-scored 8-2 over the last two games to fall one loss from elimination.
New York, on the other hand, are playing inspired hockey as they rally around their grieving team mate.
"It's probably one of the cooler things I've been a part of my in my professional career," Rangers center Derek Stepan said.
"With what he's been through in the past couple of games, for him to score a goal and the way he did, it is something I won't forget for sure."
Blackhawks 2 Wild 1: In Chicago, Chicago captain Jonathan Toews scored the game-winning goal in the third period as the Blackhawks recovered from a pair of losses to edge the Minnesota Wild 2-1 on Sunday and regain the advantage in their Western Conference semifinal.
With the game tied at 1-1, Toews scored at 4:33 in the final frame to lift the defending Stanley Cup champions to a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven series.
It was his fifth goal of the post-season, though not necessarily his most attractive.
"It was just an ugly goal," Toews told reporters. "As a line, we were playing well and we were just trying to find a way to score and just got an ugly one on the side (of the net). It felt good that we could hold on."
After losing Games Three and Four, the Blackhawks can close out the series in Minnesota on Tuesday.
Thus far, the home team has won every game of the series and the Blackhawks are a perfect 6-0 on home ice this post-season.
"We definitely would like to finish it (in Minnesota)," Chicago forward Marian Hossa said of Game Six.
"We know how hard it is to play in their building and we know we have to be better than we were in the last three games."
The Wild grabbed a 1-0 lead late in the first period when Erik Haula tallied before Bryan Bickell evened up the contest in the second when he converted a power-play opportunity.
Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford finished with 27 saves to Ilya Bryzgalov's 26.