A silence they would struggle to fight off early in the 2nd period, and that fight became harder as with just over four minutes into the 2nd Jake Muzzin scored on a wrist shot from the blue line on the power play to put the Rangers into a 2-0 hole. On a 2-on-1 breakaway late in the period Mike Richards had his attempted pass to Trevor Lewis blocked straight back him and he first timed it by Lundqvist to give the Kings a commanding 3-0 lead in the game, and one period later that would result in a 3-0 lead in the series.
Photos Courtesy Of David E Klutho
Photo Courtesy Of David E Klutho
Kings win 3-0 (OT) - GWG: Jeff Carter (19.59.2 1st)
GAME 4: Madison Square Garden
Facing elimination and a sweep, the last thing the New York Rangers wanted was to have that happen on home ice and see the Kings celebrate in MSG. They were energized for this game like they hadn't been before in the final. They came out aggressively, chased down pucks and didn't give any room for error to the Kings skaters. Benoit Pouliot made the Rangers hard work pay off when he deflected a John Moore shot passed Jonathan Quick.
The intensity was then ramped up further. In the 2nd period the lead was doubled as a shot saved by Quick found its way to Martin St Louis who knocked in the rebound. With MSG now hundred times louder than the previous game facing elimination it looked as though the sweep was not going to happen. Two minutes after the 2nd goal Kings captain Dustin Brown intercepted a pass and had himself a shorthanded breakaway, he rounded Lundqvist and scored as the penalty just ended, denying him a shorthanded goal. The Rangers rode Lundqvist's 41 save performance to a win and avoided the sweep, making this the 15th cup final in a row to last longer than four games.
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Rangers win 2-1 (OT) - GWG: Martin St Louis (06.27 2nd)