The Rangers are no strangers to coming again from a 3-1 sequence deficit. Here’s how they pulled off the feat in back again-to-back again several years not so extended ago.
2014: Next round vs. Penguins
The established up: The Rangers won the opener 2-1 in Pittsburgh on Derick Brassard’s OT target but didn’t rating once more till the next interval of Recreation 4, a 4-2 decline at the Backyard. The upcoming working day, Martin St. Louis’ mom, France, died of a coronary heart assault at age 63.
Recreation 5 (at Pittsburgh): Rangers 5, Penguins 1
St. Louis played 16 minutes, and whilst he didn’t make the scoresheet, his story galvanized the Rangers. They designed it residence on the power of two more tallies by Brassard and a ability-participate in goal by Ryan McDonagh.
Game 6 (at MSG): Rangers 3, Penguins 1
On Mother’s Day, St. Louis brought tears to the eyes of the collective hockey globe when he scored 3:34 in, followed fewer than a few minutes afterwards by a Carl Hagelin intention. Brassard put it absent in the 3rd and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 36 of 37 shots.
Game 7 (at Pittsburgh): Rangers 2, Penguins 1
Targets by Brian Boyle and Brad Richards sandwiched the Pens’ lone marker and Lundqvist did the relaxation. In all, he stopped 102 of 105 shots in the closing a few victories. Soon after a collection gain vs. Montreal, the Rangers dropped in the Stanley Cup Remaining to Los Angeles.
2015: Next round vs. Capitals
The set up: Following splitting the 1st two game titles at MSG, the Rangers managed to rating just when in Washington, slipping 1- and 2-1.
Activity 5 (at MSG): Rangers 2, Capitals 1 (OT)
The two-minute warning experienced sounded on the Rangers year when Chris Kreider tied the recreation at 1 with 1:41 to go. At 9:37 of the initial OT, McDonagh sent the sequence back to D.C.
Game 6 (at Washington): Rangers 4, Capitals 3
Kreider stored the fantastic times rolling with a aim 40 seconds in and yet another with just one next still left in the to start with period of time. The direct acquired to 4-1 ahead of the Caps scored 2 times halfway through the third. But they could not get the equalizer past Lundqvist, who designed 42 saves.
Activity 7 (at MSG): Rangers 2, Capitals 1 (OT)
“Stepan … Stepan … Stepan!” Alex Ovechkin and Kevin Hayes traded regulation aims and then the tense, winner-acquire-all overtime stretched previous 11 minutes. The Rangers gained a faceoff in the Caps zone and Derek Stepan received free to bang the rebound of a Dan Girardi shot previous Braden Holtby to raise the well known spoked roof. The Rangers, even though, shed in 7 game titles to Tampa Bay in the Jap Convention finals.
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