End of Game: We hope you enjoyed our live coverage of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Kings lead the series 3-1. For all of us at Vavel USA, I'm Brendan Hagen. Check back soon for more hockey coverage, updates, news and more. Goodnight!
End of Game: Final score is 2-1 Rangers despite a strong push by LA. 15-1 shot advantage for LA in the third.
End of the 3rd: The Rangers will not be swept, there will be a Game 5, the Kings are heading back to LA without Lord Stanley's Cup
0:24: Hand pass on the Kings, faceoff comes to center
1:02: The Rangers miss just wide on the empty net, icing on the Rangers
1:11: Jonathan Quick is on the bench
1:11: The puck was on the goal line before being knocked away by Stepan.
1:30: Quick is waiting to go off
2:22: Time is running out for the Kings. There's a scramble before the Rangers finally cover
3:53: Increased pressure from LA
5:11: LA has close to 35 shots on goal.
5:26: TV Timeout. The Kings have to score to tie this game and then score again to win it or else they go back to LA for a Game 5.
5:33: Kings are having trouble getting out of their zone
6:54: Excellent defensive play by Marc Staal to stop Carter
7:31: Icing on the Kings. Equa pressure from both sides over the past few minutes.
9:38: Stepan a shot off the faceoff that is stopped by Quick.
9:43: Keep in mind, if the Rangers lose tonight, the Kings will win the Stanley Cup
9:43: Quick with a stop. The Kings have less than ten minutes to tie this game or win it if they score twice.
10:03: Lundqvist has let in one goal on 34 shots tonight.
10:05: A huge save off Toffoli by Lundqvist! The third is about halfway over
11:31: Clifford a shot thats blocked by the Rangers' netminder
12:03: Richards backhands one wide of Quick
13:26: Doughty a sht and the Rangers take the rebound down ice.
13:37: Pearson with a good shot but it is swallowed by Lundqvist who will hold it. TV timeout
14:04: LA has a 4-0 shot advantage this period
14:38: Things settle down after intense battles behind the Rangers' net
15:49: Lundqvist another stop!
15:55: Lundqvist grabs it and we'll have another faceoff
16:18: Amazing save by Lundqvist! He robs Dustin Brown who is right out in front
16:46: Sent to the front of Lundqvist but nobody's there.
17:43: Kings hold it in the Rangers zone but it comes out not long after
18:42: Shots at both ends. Kopitar brings it back to the Rangers zone
19:45: Puck battles along the boards
Start of the 3rd: Puck Drop
End of the 2nd: 2-1 Rangers as the second period ends.
0:31: Save by Quick on a partial breakaway.
1:23: Carter moves in with a move but can't get it in! What a play!
2:23: Moore's penalty ends.
2:55: Lundqvist juggles then covers the puck.
3:25: Good shot block by Stepan.
3:25: Muzzin's shot is sailed out f play.
4:04: Great chances are just missed by LA
4:47: Stoll with a chance that goes wide, penalty called on Dominic Moore for cross-checking.
5:17: Puc is thrown in front and covered. The Kings have all the pressure here.
5:43: Lundvist stops Pearson and Doughty.
6:04: Kreider buries a King. Richards with a shot that is gloved by Lundqvist who seems to be on top of his game.
7:10: Big hit on Muzzin by Nash. At the other end Lundqvist denies Gaborik.
7:50: Pouliot is at the center of the action as the Rangers apply major pressure.
8:33: Shot right on the net by Pearson but Lundqvist stops it.
9:51: Kings head up ice
9:57: TV Timeout, it's 2-1 Rangers in the 2nd period.
10:44: BSlight breakaway for Carter but he loses his stick thanks to a defensive play by the Rangers.
11:16: DUSTIN BROWN! Kings get one back, its 2-1 thanks to Brown's breakaway goal.
12:03 Excellent pressure by the Rangers but it's eventually cleared.
13:07: Good save by Lundqvist.
13:16: Rangers powerplay.
13:16: Excellent save for Quick but a King will go to the box. TV Timeout.
13:33: MARTIN ST. LOUIS! 2-0 Rangers!
14:20: Kings with a chance but it doesn't work. Icing on the Rangers.
15:43: Jonathan Quick showing his athleticism
15:47: Somehow the puck didn't go in as sprawling out was Quick.
16:15: Penalties to both sides.
16:15: Great save by Quick then a scrum in front.
16:50: Possible break for Mike Richards broken up by Brad Richards
17:29: The Kings clear it.
17:46: Another penalty to Mitchel and another Rangers powerplay.
18:01: Battles along the boards!
18:36: Quick then Lundqvist make good saves
19:05: Ding! Justin Williams feeds Marian Gaborik for a shot that goes of the crossbar!
19:31: The Kings work it forward.
Start of the 2nd: Puck Drop!
1st Intermission: Shots in the game are 11-7 Kings.
1st Intermission: This could be the last game of the season, but don't worry, one source has informed this reporter that the NHL will release a schedule before the month is up for the 2014-15 season.
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1st Intermission: Did you know that no NHL team from Canada has won a Stanley Cupin 21 years? The last was Montreal in 1993 against LA.
1st Intermission: The announcers on NBC made a comment about the Reading Royals and how Jonathan Quick plaed there. Other NHL players who once played there are Jonathan Bernier and Phillip Grubauer.
End of the 1st: Huge pressure in the dying seconds but no goal for the Rangers. The first 20 minutes end with the Rangers leading 1-0.
0:15: Lundqvist will cover as a crowd gathers infront of him.
0:53: Late pressure by the Kings on an odd-man rush.
1:34: Gaborik has a shot that is blocked out of play.
2:03: Kings looking to get on the board.
2:27: Steal by the Kings and a shot but Lundqvist will hold it.
3:11: Good chance for the Rangers but they go offside
3:35: First period is coming to a close.
4:56:Pad save by Lundqvist. Pearson on a breakaway and that is also stopped.
5:10: Kings start up ice.
6:11: Good chance for LA is foiled by a stick from NY.
6:40: One shot thus far on the powerplay.
7:17: Kings had too many men but went unnoticed by officials.
7:17: Crowd is going crazy.
8:09: Kings still have the powerplay. A little over a minute left on it.
8:20: Several tremendous saves. Puck is on the goal line but doesn't cross. No goal.
8:20: Penalty to Zuccarelo for delay of game.
8:41: Faceoff and the Kings take it. Several shots and too far for a Kings breakaway.
8:41: Rangers off to a good start.
Note: Time indicates time left in the period.
8:41: Puck is in the air but is snatched by Quick. TV Timeout.
9:04: Some big checks here!
10:20: A shot is sent toward the goal but blocked aside.
10:50: Gaborik with the puck and Lundqvist will hold it.
12:00: 1-0 New York here in the 1st.
12:00: TV time out.
12:20: More pressure from New York. Kings take it up ice then lose the puck. Offsides is called.
12:59: Powerplay is running down. Kept in barely by New York. THEY SCORE! 1-0 Rangers! May be an illegal goal but if it's good it belongs to Benoit Pouliot.
14:37: Powerplay time. The Kings have done well so far on killing it. There's a shot that is blocked. Rebound is lose and Quick covers! Quick makes several great saves.
14:40: Penalty called against Willy Mitchel. High stick!
8:30: Back in behind Lundqvist, started back out, brought in for a shot that is covered by Quick.
8:29: The Kings send it down but it's tipped and there will be no icing. The Rangers come back in. Kreider with a chance but it's foiled. Sent back into the Rangers zone then into the Kings. It's centered but twice but it won't go.
8:28: Rangers bring it in and it is covered by Quick.
8:25: Shot into the Rangers zone. Taken out but recovered and shot back in. Rangers start forward. Big hit in the corner. Lundqvist with a save and then another. The Kings penetrate and drive it wide. They're forced out and then come back in. There will be icing as the Rangers shoot it down ice.
8:24: Offside and play is stopped.
8:24: Good rush early on by Nash and then another by the Kings.
8:24: Puck drop!
8:22: The crowd is cheering loudly tonight.
8:21: Dan Carcillo is not in for New York tonight.
8:21: National Anthem.
8:18: Players are on the ice! Game will start momentarily.
8:02: Lundqvist has played extremely well in elimination games this season. This game Los Angeles Kings - New York Rangers should be interesting.
7:59: The New York Rangers must win tonight to keep the series going. LA leads the series 3-0.
7:56: The game is approaching!
7:36: Today is the anniversary of the Kings first Stanley Cup win, which they won two years ago. Will they do it again tonight?
7:32: The 2014 Stanley Cup is in New York tonight. If the Kings win, it's their's. If the Rangers win they get a plane ride back to LA.
7:22: The Kings are the first team to win three Game 7's on route to a Stanley Cup Final.
7:20: Did you know that last Saturday was the 10 year anniversary of the Lightning's first Stanley Cup? Brad Richards won the Conn Smythe and Martin St. Louis was also played a big role in that Game 7 win over the Calgary Flames.
7:14: Less than an hour to game time! Stay tuned!
7:11: If the Kings won tonight they would have two of the last three Stanley Cup championships.
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7:05: Apoligies, last update should read "In their history..."
7:03: In Ther history, the Rangers have only won four Stanley Cups despite being on of the oldest teams in the NHL
7:01: Other news from today: Flyers forward Sean Couturier is recovering from surgery and should be good to go in 5-6 weeks. The Panthers interviewed Dan Bylsma today in hopes of getting him to be their head coach. Bylsma was fired from his position in Pittsburgh last week. Finally, Senators captain Jason Spezza has asked for a trade. Spezza is 30 and has spent his entire career with Ottawa. He took on the role of captain after Daniel Alfredsson left Ottawa last year. Spezza has over 600 points in his tenure with Ottawa.
6:53: Game 4 will be on NBC Sports for viewers in the US and CBC in Canada
6:52: Game 4 is set to start at 8:00.
6:39: Now, LA is up 3-0 against the Rangers and a win tonight would get them their second championship in three years. The Kings have played extremely well thanks to players like Marian Gaborik and Jonathan Quick but the Rangers won't go down without a fight but the odds are stacked against them. Only four teams in NHL history have won a playoff series after trailing 3-0 in the series and if the Kings are on top of their game, there will be almost nothing that can stop them. Several factors will influence whether the Rangers win including how Henrik Lundqvist plays. "The King" as he is known has to be perfect and the offensive skills of players like Martin St. Louis and Brad Richards will have to be just as good. Game 7 will no doubt be exciting and we're only a few hours from puck drop. Stay tuned as we bring live updates before and during the game and besure to check our website for continued coverage of the Stanley Cup Final and anything else NHL related.
6:38: The Kings-Blackhawks matchup was one that had been a year in the making. The year before the Blackhawks knocked off the Kings in five games and went on to win the Stanley Cup and many thought that would happen again after an impressive Game 1 for Chicago. But LA would not be deterred. They took the next three games and hoped to return the favor to the Blackhawks. Chicago had other ideas. They took the next two games and the series retruned to Chicago tied at three games. Game 7 would go to overtime as it was also tied only this time it was 4-4. The Kings struck back and won the game less than 10 minutes into overtime. LA was heading to their second Stanley Cup Final in three seasons.
6:37: Next they faced their other California rival in the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks had just come off a 4-2 series win against the Dallas Stars and boasted star power like Ryan Getzlaf and Jonas Hiller. The Ducks were eager for a chance to go up 2-0 as they had home-ice advantage but instead the Kings did that. The Ducks then took the next three and looked to dispatch their freeway enemy. The Kings however pulled off a 2-1 win in Game 6. The Ducks now had to face a harsh reality: play as hard as possible or risk suffering the fate of the Sharks before them. But this wasn't meant to be. The Kings dominated the Ducks and were up 5-0 before the end of the second and won the game 6-2. They tapped their sticks for retiring hero Teemu Selanne then skated off to prepare for their next opponent: the Chicago Blackhawks.
6:36: The Kings had a different kind of playoff run. In the first round they played the San Jose Sharks. They had beat the Sharks in seven games in the second round the year before. And the Kings certainly didn't get off to a good start, in fact they were facing elmination only four games into the postseason. But this meant nothing to the Kings. They took Game 4 in what was seen as a last ditch effort to play one more game but this wasn't the case. The Kings won Game 5, then Game 6 and finally Game 7. They became just the fourth team in NHL history to to complete such a comeback.
6:35: The Canadiens, looking for their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 21 years, were coming off an impressive playoff run. Following a first round sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Canadiens moved on and beat their age-old rival, the Boston Bruins, in seven games. The Rangers put a quick end to any celebration Montreal fans had planned. They took the first game by a score of 7-2. During that game Montreal goaltender Carey Price suffered from a leg injury after Rangers forward Chris Kreider charged the net. Price didn't return, and despite a valiant effort by Canadiens' backup goalie Dustin Tokarski, the Candiens fell four games to two and the Rangers advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 20 years.
6:34: Next they met another Division team in the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Rangers pulled out a win in Game 1 but soon found themselves down three games to one in the series. Then one event changed the hockey world. Rangers forward Martin St. Louis' mother tragically passed away. The Rangers won their next game 5-1. Then came Game 6, a game that fell on Mother's Day. As fans chanted his name, Martin St. Louis took to the ice and a short time later scored a goal. He celebrated and cried when his teammates came to congratulate him. The Rangers took Game 7 by a Final score of 2-1 thanks largely to goalie Henrik Lundqvist who played one of his best games that night. The Rangers moved on to face the Canadiens.
6:33: The New York Rangers battled hard all season to get to where they are now. After getting off to a terrible start, they slowly climbed the standings and soon found themselves taking the second seed in their division. In the first round they met a bitter foe: The Philadelphia Flyers. For the most part, the hockey world assumed the Rangers would initially go up 2-0 as it seemed the Flyers could never win in Madison Square Garden. The hockey world was wrong. The Flyers evened the series and stunned the Rangers. They would take them to seven games, but the blueshirts would come out on top.
6:31: For Ranger fans, this moment has been 20 years in the making. A Stanley Cup Final has returned to NY. But no Ranger fan wanted it to be like this. No fan wanted the Rangers to go down 3-0 to the LA Kings. The Kings however are ready to close the series and take the Cup. The Kings beat the Sharks, Ducks and Blackhawks, all in seven games, to get here and a sweep to win the Cup would make it all the more sweeter. It's safe to say that both teams are in search of a win and that both teams have faced adversity to get here.
6:30: Good evening, and welcome to VAVEL USA's coverage of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals! The Rangers are down 3-0, and are at the brink of elimanation. Will the Rangers survive , or will the Kings win another Stanley Cup? Find out here with me, Brendan Hagen!