Rangers Lightning Hockey New York Rangers center Mika Zibanejad (93) skates as members of the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate a goal by Ondrej Palat during the third period of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals of the NBA Playoffs NHL Hockey Stanley Cup on Tuesday, June September 2022 , in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) (Chris O'Meara)
8 June 2022 at 18:17 fell on a series 31 hole and won three in a row to advance. In the second round, they were down 20 and winning four of the next five to advance. They now return to New York with two-time Stanley Cup champions Tampa Bay tied for 22nd place.
Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals, hoping to turn the tide in Game 5 on Thursday night (8 p.m. ET).EDT, ESPN) at Madison Square Garden. Two of their last three games will be played at home, where they have won eight in a row. That's what Copp said on Wednesday. "We have two home games. I think we played very well at home.I think we're all sure of where we are right now, but there must certainly be a higher level of desperation. The Rangers will look to rediscover the offense that seemed to roll in the first two games as they topped the Lightning 94. They were outscored by 73 points in the two games in Tampa. New York led by 20 points midway through the third game before Tampa Bay scored three goals to a win. The Blitz then kept Rangers off the scorers' chart late into the third period of a
-41 win in Game 4 on Tuesday night that tied the series."They didn't make any mistakes, we didn't have many chances to score," said Rangers coach Gerard Gallant. "They didn't create many chances either, but they didn't make any mistakes and I think that's because of the experience of winning teams. They don't give up and that's how you win Stanley Cups. The Rangers are undaunted by their road losses where they have 27 this postseason. They also know what they need. to improve from the last two games
: play more physically and use scoring chances better against Andrei Vasilevskiy.They're hoping for a rebound by playing at home, where they haven't lost since falling in three overtimes in Game 1 of Round 1 against Pittsburgh. Group," said defender Jacob Trouba. "We're in a really good position here and we're going to go home and do whatever it takes to win a game. The Lightning will look to build on the momentum they've created at home. After showing signs of rust early in the
series after a nine-day hiatus following a second-round win over Florida, Tampa Bay had won six straight before losing the first two games to the Rangers.The Lightning turned the tables in that series by beefing up defenses, plugging up New York's passing lanes and forcing most of Rangers' shots to come from the outside. The few times they approached, Vasilevskiy was there to shut the door. I've been desperate for the last two games," said Lightning captain Steven Stamkos. "We knew how important it was to come back to this series and we did. in order to.We must keep moving forward. I am sure they are now in despair. Tampa Bay, which has won 10 straight playoff series in the last three postseasons, played with a higher level of urgency and was also more disciplined about staying out of the box. Rangers, with the league's best postseason power play, had just two chances in Game 4. "They have an even exceptional power play, so I spoke to Captain Obvious," Cooper said."He says if you keep them out of the power game it will probably help their game and he was really right. Gallant knows that simply going home is not enough. Rangers need to step up their game in Game 5 and could do without two injured centers: Ryan Strome and Filip Chytil. Strome missed Game 4 with a lower body injury sustained in the previous game. He skated in pre-game warm-ups but did not play.Chytil left Tuesday night's game just midway through the second period after a hit from Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman. He missed the rest of the game with an upper body injury. "It's going to be a fight," said the coach. We're playing against a side that have gained a lot of experience over the last three years and you know they won't give us that. We have to go out and take it, and that's what we have to do.
The Rangers will look to rediscover the offence that seemed to roll in the first two games.
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