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2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: New York Rangers-Tampa Bay Lightning Game 5 preview, X factors, prediction
“We’re one of three teams left here. You expect their best. You want their best. And we want to show we can beat the best,” Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba said. “We feel we’re an up-and-coming team. We’ve arrived. We want to play these games.” What’s the greater force: The Rangers’ home winning streak, which stands […]
Continue readingRyan Strome, Filip Chytil back for Game 5, but New York Rangers fall to Tampa Bay Lightning
The Lightning won 3-1 to take a 3-2 series lead. Strome was cross-checked by Ondrej Palat in the second period of Sunday’s loss in Tampa and left the game. He tried to skate before Game 4 but was unable to play. Chytil took a hit from Victor Hedman in the second period of Tuesday’s loss […]
Continue readingNew York Rangers, in 3-2 series hole again, say ‘there’s belief’
NEW YORK — The Tampa Bay Lightning ended the New York Rangers’ eight-game home playoff winning streak with a 3-1 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday night, pushing them to the brink of elimination. It’s familiar territory for the Rangers. “We’ve been down 3-2 in every series so far,” forward […]
Continue reading2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: Who wins Game 6 of Rangers-Lightning Eastern Conference finals?
The Colorado Avalanche await the winner of the series, which could be the Lightning following Saturday night’s game. What does Tampa Bay have to do to close it out? What will New York do to counterpunch? We break it all down here. Emily Kaplan, NHL reporter: The Lightning are back to their dominant form after […]
Continue readingWhat we’ve learned about the Stanley Cup Final-bound Lightning through three rounds
TAMPA BAY — The Tampa Bay Lightning have eliminated the New York Rangers and advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight season, with the Colorado Avalanche rested and ready for Game 1 (Wednesday, 8 ET, ESPN). Here are five things we learned about the Lightning so far in their 2022 postseason journey […]
Continue readingUnder-the-radar stars of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, including Artturi Lehkonen, Frank Vatrano
However, it’s time we raise awareness about the players who came into the postseason with much less acclaim. Unheralded performers have punctuated every series from the first round to the conference finals. They’ve picked up the slack, managed big workloads, pulled off gutsy moves and provided game-changing contributions you won’t find on the scoresheet. In […]
Continue reading2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: How the Rangers-Lightning series got to 2-2, and what comes next
The Tampa Bay Lightning won Games 3 and 4 at home to knot up their Eastern Conference finals series against the New York Rangers at 2-2. They looked very much like a back-to-back Stanley Cup champion in doing so: controlling play, coming through in the clutch and getting superstar performances from winger Nikita Kucherov, center […]
Continue readingShort-handed New York Rangers expect to be ‘hungry and angrier’ on home ice after Game 4 loss
TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Rangers will be “angrier” heading back home after back-to-back losses to the Tampa Bay Lightning tied the Eastern Conference finals at 2-2, according to forward Artemi Panarin. “It makes us more hungry and angrier. Sometimes that’s good when you’ve lost. I think it’s just how we’ll react. I don’t […]
Continue readingTampa Bay Lightning outlast New York Rangers in Game 3, prove ‘there’s no quit in our group’
TAMPA, Fla. — Turns out the New York Rangers haven’t cornered the market on having “no quit” in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the second period to win Game 3 at home on Sunday night 3-2, cutting the Rangers’ Eastern Conference finals lead to 2-1. Winger […]
Continue readingWhy the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs set a new empty-net goals record
NEW YORK — With two minutes remaining in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals and his team down by a goal, Edmonton Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen sprinted to his team’s bench. About a minute and a half later, Gabriel Landeskog sent the puck into that abandoned net. It clinched the win for the Colorado […]
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