"They wanted to compete, wanted to battle and wanted the puck on their sticks".
Staal didn't seem to think his teammates trying to finish their checks was going to hamper them offensively at all, but Dan Girardi, another long-tenured member of the New York Rangers blueline, one with hyperbolically more playoff experience than the rest of the league combined at this point, made comments that echoed Vigneault's.
"We can't afford any weak links and we didn't have any tonight".
They have split the first two games of a playoff series in each of their past five playoff series, going back to the start of the 2015 playoffs. That's all the Rangers needed, but they had chances for a lot more.
The Rangers have learned that the Habs have a difficult time catching up when they're playing hard and fast; this is the game they need to have if they want the control. He argues decision-making occurs in a loop and by processing that loop faster than your opponent, you can effectively cut them off and get ahead.
Sunday's 3-1 Game 3 loss was a passive clunker for sure but the Rangers have now been the better team in Game 1, the first two periods of Game 2 and this Game 4.
But toward the end of the regular season, the Rangers began playing a safer, tougher game, partly because goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was being hung out to dry far too often.
The Montreal Canadiens will look to head back to Montreal with a 3-1 lead in Game 4 of their series with the New York Rangers. "We have to play our best and see how far that takes us". This group has worked extremely hard. "I felt like we had a few more chances, but in the end it's about finding a way to win".
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Both goals they scored in their 6-2 loss in Game 2 to Tampa Bay came on the power play.
The Tomas Plekanec line came up with another solid effort and Plekanec and Brendan Gallagher assisted on Artturi Lehkonen's power-play goal to open the scoring. The goal was the latest tying playoff goal in Canadiens history, beating Jacques Lemaire's goal in 1975 with 24 seconds remaining. Even while being hit by Skjei, Radulov was able to pass the puck to Torey Mitchell, who generated a 2-on-1 opportunity with Shea Weber, resulting in the Canadiens' lone goal.
Having lost Game 1 at Bell Centre on Wednesday, the second game of the first-round series with the Rangers on Friday raised the ante, and the Canadiens were a desperate team. Canadiens coach Claude Julien tied Alain Vigneault and Fred Shero for 14th place on National Hockey League playoff coaching wins list at 63.
"I told him first playoff game", said Vigneault of a pre-game conversation with Buchnevich. "I think there's a lot of emotion that goes behind these games, a lot of importance". "In the second and third period we tried, but we weren't able to find the back of the net". However, it was NY that played with the sense of urgency that the occasion called for and the Blueshirts came away with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Montreal.
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In Game 4, however, Zuccarello refocused his game, accumulating two shots on goal and two hits. Pekka Rinne was brilliant in the 1-0 series opener. Five different Blue Jackets players scored their first goals of the season, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves for just his third career playoff win.
Crosby had a goal and two assists and Marc-Andre Fleury made 39 saves in Game 2.
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