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NEW YORK -- Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith was suspended for Game 4 of the Western Conference final for high-sticking Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter in the face in Game 3 Tuesday. "This is more serious than a case of a player simply having to be responsible for his stick," NHL senior vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan said in announcing the suspension Wednesday. "It is not an accidental high-stick, nor is it a defensive high-stick to an opponent. This is a retaliatory high-stick to an opponent that causes an injury." Keith played a team-high 26:47 in the Game 3 loss that cut Chicagos series lead to 2-1. The 29-year-old -- called "a repeat offender" by Shanahan -- wont be available for Thursdays game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, forcing coach Joel Quenneville to make a change. Asked earlier Wednesday what he would do if Keith were suspended, Quenneville didnt want to go there. "Dunks is important in all areas," Quenneville said during his off-day press conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. "We talk about special teams, you talk about big minutes, you talk about how we defend, get activated on the back end. His leadership, his compete level. Hes everything you want in a defenceman." If Sheldon Brookbank gets the call to replace Keith, it would be his first game since April 27. In the second period of Game 3, Carter slashed Keith on his glove-less hand behind the play. Keith retaliated by lifting his stick up on Carter. He was given a double-minor penalty and said after the game it was accidental. "Although Keith asserts that he did not intend to hit Carter in the face or hit him with such force, he does admit to intentionally swinging his stick at Carter as Carter is skating away from him," Shanahan said. "It should also be noted that even if Carter did indeed chop down on top of Keiths hand, that still does not justify the extend of Keiths actions." Carter returned soon after. Asked how Carter was doing the day after the incident, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said: "Awesome. I wish I was Jeff Carter today." Carter led the Western Conference with 26 goals during the regular season. His mid-season arrival from Columbus last year was a factor in the Kings improbable surge to their first Stanley Cup title. Steve Young Super Bowl Jersey . The All-Pro lineman got the leg bent under him while trying to make a tackle during the first half of a 22-20 overtime loss at Miami on Thursday night. The medical staff initially thought hed torn the ligament, and the test a day later in Cincinnati confirmed it. Jimmie Ward Super Bowl Jersey .com) - The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward James Neal on injured reserve Tuesday. http://www.authenticsf49erspro.com/Laken-tomlinson-49ers-jersey/ . 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PHILADELPHIA -- Just as they hoped they would, Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers bounced back from a dismal performance.Matt Puempel scored in his first game with the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made 40 saves to help New York defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Friday.Derek Stepan and Kevin Hayes also netted goals for the Rangers, who rebounded from Wednesdays 6-1 home drubbing against Pittsburgh. Lundqvist was lifted after allowing four goals on seven shots in the second period of that one, but he responded with a strong performance against the Flyers to improve to 32-13-4 in his career against Philadelphia.You just regroup and everybody tried to hold everybody accountable to play their absolute best, Lundqvist said. When we dont play that well, we want to come back with a better performance. Thats what we were looking for.It was a good game for us and a good game for me.Shayne Gostibehere and Chris VandeVelde scored in the third period for Philadelphia, which threatened throughout the final period. The Flyers opened a three-game homestand with a third loss in the last four games.Stepan gave New York a 1-0 lead in the first period when he beat Steve Mason with a wrist shot from the slot. J.T. Miller set up the goal with an assist from behind the net after a turnover by Philadelphias Scott Laughton, playing in his second game since being recalled from Lehigh Valley of the AHL.Youre not going to have your `A stuff every night, and the next game is so important, Stepan said.Stepan has 28 points (nine goals, 19 assists) in 30 career games vs. Philadelphia.Puempel, claimed off waivers from Ottawa on Monday, gave the Rangers a 2-0 advantage 1:34 later with his first goal of the season.Good for the kid, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. Its got to help his confidence and it was without a doubt helpful for our team.A 2011 first-round pick of the Senators, Puempel went without a point in 13 games with Ottawa this season and had just four goals and two assists in 52 career games. But he showed a deft scoring touch when he skated past Philadelphias Andrew MacDonald, settled a bouuncing backhand pass from Jimmy Vesey and buried the puck past Mason from close range.ddddddddddddUnbelievable, he said. I couldnt be happier right now.The first period featured a pair of fights and physical play that is typical of the rivalry.Philadelphias Travis Konecny took on Brandon Pirri after Pirri boarded Brandon Manning. Konecny drew an instigation minor in addition to a fighting major to erase a Flyers power-play opportunity.Chris Kreider got the better of Manning in a fight with 1.8 seconds left in the period.Hayes extended New Yorks lead to 3-0 in the second period after another bad Philadelphia turnover in its zone. Mark Streit sent the puck from behind the net to the blue line right on the stick of New Yorks Nick Holden. Holden passed to a wide-open Hayes in the slot, and Hayes re-directed the puck over Masons left shoulder for his 10th goal of the season.We have to get them out of our game, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said of the turnovers.VandeVelde got the Flyers on the board early in the third period. MacDonald sent the puck in front and it caromed off VandeVeldes skate past Lundqvist. The play was reviewed but officials allowed the goal.Gostisbeheres slap shot from the slot with 2:04 left made it 3-2. But Philadelphia couldnt get anything else past Lundqvist.One of his best saves came midway through the second period when he used his mask to deny Claude Giroux from close range on a 2-on-1 break.He played an incredible game, Stepan said of Lundqvist.Game notes Laughton is replacing Sean Couturier, who is out four to six weeks with a lower body injury after being hurt in Tuesdays game at Florida. . The Rangers went ahead in the all-time series that has been played 340 times. New York has 152 wins to Philadelphias 151. There have been 37 ties. Friday was the first of four meetings between the teams. . Giroux hasnt scored a goal in seven straight games.UP NEXTRangers: Host Ottawa on Sunday night.Flyers: Host Calgary on Sunday night. ' ' '