In my opinion Doc Emrick is the best play by play guy in all sports.....He`s great....I listen to this every day.:mj07::mj07:
:director:.....Here`s St.Louis moving in......Scoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:00hour:00hour
Let`s Go Rangers!
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In my opinion Doc Emrick is the best play by play guy in all sports.....He`s great....I listen to this every day.:mj07::mj07:
:director:.....Here`s St.Louis moving in......Scoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:00hour:00hour
Hey bud, are you making a series play on the Rangers? Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks in advance
Kings lead the series 1-0
LOS ANGELES -- Just over 15 minutes into the Stanley Cup Final, the Los Angeles Kings had fallen into yet another two-goal hole against the speedy New York Rangers.
Justin Williams knows Los Angeles should stay out of these jams. After Williams scored his latest winning goal, he also had to acknowledge the comeback Kings can handle just about any perilous situation.
Brian Stubits
Rangers let down Lundqvist
Williams scored 4:36 into overtime after a turnover by Dan Girardi, and Los Angeles beat New York 3-2 on Wednesday night in the Stanley Cup Final opener.
Kyle Clifford had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles, and Drew Doughty made up for an early mistake by scoring the tying goal in the second period as the Kings came charging back from yet another early deficit in a postseason full of comebacks. Jonathan Quick made 25 saves as the Kings moved one victory closer to their second Stanley Cup title in three years.
"It certainly helps that we've done it time and time again," said Williams, the repeat postseason hero dubbed Mr. Game 7 for his knack for series-deciding goals. "It's a great result of the hockey game for us, definitely, but we have a lot of things to clean up. Certainly not our best game by any standards, especially ours, but we were able to get it done. That's the most important thing."
Game 2 will be Saturday at Staples Center.
Williams' goal came on likely the Kings' cleanest scoring chance of the night. Left alone in the slot after Girardi's pass from his knees went straight to Mike Richards, Williams put his eighth goal of the postseason past Henrik Lundqvist, who made 40 saves and nearly stole an early victory for the Rangers.
"There's a handful of guys who raise their game this time of year," Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell said of Williams. "He's one of them, and we're lucky to have him. ... I want him to be Mr. Game 1, 2, 3 and 4. We need four wins."
Los Angeles outshot New York 20-3 in the third period, becoming the first team to get 20 shots in a Final period in 16 years. The Kings also got a power play with 1:36 left, setting up a wild finish to regulation.
Moments after Carl Hagelin was denied by Quick on a short-handed breakaway, Jeff Carter was stopped agonizingly short of a wraparound goal by Lundqvist, sending the Kings to another overtime playoff game.
Benoit Pouliot scored on a breakaway and Hagelin got a short-handed goal in the first period, but the Rangers spent much of the final two periods on their heels.
"Not quite sure what happened there in the third," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "Not sure if it was them being that good, or us stopping moving the puck and skating and going north-south. They definitely took it to us in the third, and they were able to get a bounce on the winning goal and put it in the back of the net."
The tension-filled opener was a fitting start to the finals for two teams that traversed perilous paths to the first New York-L.A. championship playoff meeting since the Yankees-Dodgers World Series in 1981.
The Kings and the Rangers played a combined 41 games in the first three rounds -- just one fewer than the maximum -- to emerge from the middle of the playoff pack. Los Angeles didn't blame fatigue for its slow finals start after finishing off Chicago on Sunday.
"There was a lot of talk about that, but they only played one more game than us," Lundqvist said. "You had to expect them to come out hard. At this time of the year, you're not tired. You're excited to be out there playing. We were looking to get the first win here, but we'll try it again in the next one."
The series is big news in the nation's two biggest cities: Staples Center was packed for the opener with roaring Kings fans still not quite accustomed to their club's recent success. Meanwhile, thousands of New Yorkers packed Bryant Park to watch on video boards.
Pouliot scored the first goal of the series on a breakaway, stealing the puck from Doughty and skating past a stumbling Jake Muzzin. The Rangers' small contingent of fans roared again 2:42 later when Hagelin's breakaway shot was kicked in by Slava Voynov, who hadn't been able to keep up with Hagelin out of the New York zone.
Los Angeles answered late in the period when Carter passed from behind the net to Clifford, who banged in a sharp-angled shot for his first playoff goal since April 23, 2011. The grinding forward had played 37 consecutive postseason games without a goal.
Doughty tied it for the Kings with a beautiful move, toe-dragging around Derek Dorsett and firing a wrist shot past Lundqvist for his fourth goal in six games.
LOS ANGELES -- Just over 15 minutes into the Stanley Cup Final, the Los Angeles Kings had fallen into yet another two-goal hole against the speedy New York Rangers.
Justin Williams knows Los Angeles should stay out of these jams. After Williams scored his latest winning goal, he also had to acknowledge the comeback Kings can handle just about any perilous situation.
Brian Stubits
Rangers let down Lundqvist
Williams scored 4:36 into overtime after a turnover by Dan Girardi, and Los Angeles beat New York 3-2 on Wednesday night in the Stanley Cup Final opener.
Kyle Clifford had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles, and Drew Doughty made up for an early mistake by scoring the tying goal in the second period as the Kings came charging back from yet another early deficit in a postseason full of comebacks. Jonathan Quick made 25 saves as the Kings moved one victory closer to their second Stanley Cup title in three years.
"It certainly helps that we've done it time and time again," said Williams, the repeat postseason hero dubbed Mr. Game 7 for his knack for series-deciding goals. "It's a great result of the hockey game for us, definitely, but we have a lot of things to clean up. Certainly not our best game by any standards, especially ours, but we were able to get it done. That's the most important thing."
Game 2 will be Saturday at Staples Center.
Williams' goal came on likely the Kings' cleanest scoring chance of the night. Left alone in the slot after Girardi's pass from his knees went straight to Mike Richards, Williams put his eighth goal of the postseason past Henrik Lundqvist, who made 40 saves and nearly stole an early victory for the Rangers.
"There's a handful of guys who raise their game this time of year," Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell said of Williams. "He's one of them, and we're lucky to have him. ... I want him to be Mr. Game 1, 2, 3 and 4. We need four wins."
Los Angeles outshot New York 20-3 in the third period, becoming the first team to get 20 shots in a Final period in 16 years. The Kings also got a power play with 1:36 left, setting up a wild finish to regulation.
Moments after Carl Hagelin was denied by Quick on a short-handed breakaway, Jeff Carter was stopped agonizingly short of a wraparound goal by Lundqvist, sending the Kings to another overtime playoff game.
Benoit Pouliot scored on a breakaway and Hagelin got a short-handed goal in the first period, but the Rangers spent much of the final two periods on their heels.
"Not quite sure what happened there in the third," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "Not sure if it was them being that good, or us stopping moving the puck and skating and going north-south. They definitely took it to us in the third, and they were able to get a bounce on the winning goal and put it in the back of the net."
The tension-filled opener was a fitting start to the finals for two teams that traversed perilous paths to the first New York-L.A. championship playoff meeting since the Yankees-Dodgers World Series in 1981.
The Kings and the Rangers played a combined 41 games in the first three rounds -- just one fewer than the maximum -- to emerge from the middle of the playoff pack. Los Angeles didn't blame fatigue for its slow finals start after finishing off Chicago on Sunday.
"There was a lot of talk about that, but they only played one more game than us," Lundqvist said. "You had to expect them to come out hard. At this time of the year, you're not tired. You're excited to be out there playing. We were looking to get the first win here, but we'll try it again in the next one."
The series is big news in the nation's two biggest cities: Staples Center was packed for the opener with roaring Kings fans still not quite accustomed to their club's recent success. Meanwhile, thousands of New Yorkers packed Bryant Park to watch on video boards.
Pouliot scored the first goal of the series on a breakaway, stealing the puck from Doughty and skating past a stumbling Jake Muzzin. The Rangers' small contingent of fans roared again 2:42 later when Hagelin's breakaway shot was kicked in by Slava Voynov, who hadn't been able to keep up with Hagelin out of the New York zone.
Los Angeles answered late in the period when Carter passed from behind the net to Clifford, who banged in a sharp-angled shot for his first playoff goal since April 23, 2011. The grinding forward had played 37 consecutive postseason games without a goal.
Doughty tied it for the Kings with a beautiful move, toe-dragging around Derek Dorsett and firing a wrist shot past Lundqvist for his fourth goal in six games.
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Kings lead the series 2-0
LOS ANGELES -- If the Los Angeles Kings ever looked down from the tightrope they're walking in the NHL playoffs, they would surely fall.
Three straight games with multigoal deficits, including a 4-2 hole late in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Three straight overtime contests, the result hanging on every shift.
Willie Mitchell realizes the comeback Kings are on a perilous path, but they haven't fallen off yet. He also knows they're two wins away from raising the Cup again.
Brian Stubits
Takeaways from Game 2
Captain Dustin Brown redirected Mitchell's shot 10:26 into the second overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings outlasted the New York Rangers 5-4 to take a 2-0 series lead.
Marian Gaborik tied it with 12:24 left in regulation for the Kings, who rallied from another two-goal deficit in their latest exhibition of clutch hockey made simple -- or at least that's how it looks to Staples Center fans who can't believe the Kings' preternatural poise.
"It's not the place we want to be, to have to climb out all the time," Mitchell said. "Sooner or later, it is going to bite you. I guess that's the great part about it is we find a way to battle back. We've got some work to do again."
Game 3 is Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
While the Rangers lamented a missed opportunity and cried foul on Los Angeles' third goal, the Kings prepared for a cross-country trip after another demonstration of the resilience that got them through three straight Game 7 victories this spring.
Dwight King kicked off the Kings' comeback with a debated goal early in the third. Jarret Stoll also scored for Los Angeles, which rallied from a two-goal deficit for the fourth time in its past five games.
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Brown nets winner for LA
"We're getting used to it, I guess," Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin said. "I don't know. You just battle. You're in the zone. You're playing and having fun. That's what it is about, winning games in the playoffs and battling in overtime. We've been lucky to come out on top in three of them here."
The Kings traded scoring chances with New York in two nail-biting overtime periods before Mitchell teed up a long shot. Brown deflected it under Henrik Lundqvist's glove arm, ending the longest finals game in Rangers history and nearly the longest playoff game in Kings history.
"You want to create what we call noise there," Mitchell said. "Hank plays so deep in his net, and if you can get some traffic and throw some pucks at the net when a guy plays deep like that, sometimes you're lucky enough to get one past a world-class goalie."
The Kings are making their own remarkable brand of noise, all right. They haven't led during any of their past three games, going to overtime each night, but they still finished off Chicago in the Western Conference Finals and took a big series lead on the Rangers, who twice fell agonizingly short.
"When you play five periods, the difference is not very big between winning and losing," Lundqvist said.
Lundqvist made 39 saves for New York, and Jonathan Quick had 34 for Los Angeles. Both goalies made a handful of stellar overtime stops.
After blowing a 2-0 lead in the opener, New York had three different two-goal leads in Game 2. The Kings still came roaring back.
Interference?
LA's controversial goal
Lundqvist and the Rangers couldn't believe an interference penalty wasn't called after Matt Greene's slap shot hit King and went in while the bruising forward fell on top of Lundqvist.
"I'm extremely disappointed on that call -- or non-call," Lundqvist said. "I mean, they've got to be consistent with that rule. ... They score a goal, and I can't even move. It's extremely frustrating for them to get life like that. After that, it's a different game."
Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard had a goal and an assist apiece for the Rangers, who had three two-goal leads in Game 2. Ryan McDonagh and Martin St. Louis also scored, but New York couldn't finish another strong effort.
The Rangers are heading home in a big hole in their quest for their first Stanley Cup title in 20 years. But despite their propensity for blowing leads, they've played their smart, counterattacking style to great effect, proving this series won't be a walkover for the favored Kings.
"I think we've played close to nine periods now, (and) for the most part I've liked a lot of things about our game," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "Our guys are trying real hard. We're going to continue to try. Both games, we had opportunities. We didn't get it done."
Several minutes after King's disputed goal, McDonagh then gave the puck to Gaborik in front, and the Kings' late-season acquisition beat Lundqvist for his 13th goal of a phenomenal postseason.
Neither team played cautiously in overtime, trading good scoring chances and three fruitless power plays in the first extra period. King nearly ended it with a short-handed one-timer, and Chris Kreider failed to score on a breakaway.
LOS ANGELES -- If the Los Angeles Kings ever looked down from the tightrope they're walking in the NHL playoffs, they would surely fall.
Three straight games with multigoal deficits, including a 4-2 hole late in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Three straight overtime contests, the result hanging on every shift.
Willie Mitchell realizes the comeback Kings are on a perilous path, but they haven't fallen off yet. He also knows they're two wins away from raising the Cup again.
Brian Stubits
Takeaways from Game 2
Captain Dustin Brown redirected Mitchell's shot 10:26 into the second overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings outlasted the New York Rangers 5-4 to take a 2-0 series lead.
Marian Gaborik tied it with 12:24 left in regulation for the Kings, who rallied from another two-goal deficit in their latest exhibition of clutch hockey made simple -- or at least that's how it looks to Staples Center fans who can't believe the Kings' preternatural poise.
"It's not the place we want to be, to have to climb out all the time," Mitchell said. "Sooner or later, it is going to bite you. I guess that's the great part about it is we find a way to battle back. We've got some work to do again."
Game 3 is Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
While the Rangers lamented a missed opportunity and cried foul on Los Angeles' third goal, the Kings prepared for a cross-country trip after another demonstration of the resilience that got them through three straight Game 7 victories this spring.
Dwight King kicked off the Kings' comeback with a debated goal early in the third. Jarret Stoll also scored for Los Angeles, which rallied from a two-goal deficit for the fourth time in its past five games.
Watch now
Brown nets winner for LA
"We're getting used to it, I guess," Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin said. "I don't know. You just battle. You're in the zone. You're playing and having fun. That's what it is about, winning games in the playoffs and battling in overtime. We've been lucky to come out on top in three of them here."
The Kings traded scoring chances with New York in two nail-biting overtime periods before Mitchell teed up a long shot. Brown deflected it under Henrik Lundqvist's glove arm, ending the longest finals game in Rangers history and nearly the longest playoff game in Kings history.
"You want to create what we call noise there," Mitchell said. "Hank plays so deep in his net, and if you can get some traffic and throw some pucks at the net when a guy plays deep like that, sometimes you're lucky enough to get one past a world-class goalie."
The Kings are making their own remarkable brand of noise, all right. They haven't led during any of their past three games, going to overtime each night, but they still finished off Chicago in the Western Conference Finals and took a big series lead on the Rangers, who twice fell agonizingly short.
"When you play five periods, the difference is not very big between winning and losing," Lundqvist said.
Lundqvist made 39 saves for New York, and Jonathan Quick had 34 for Los Angeles. Both goalies made a handful of stellar overtime stops.
After blowing a 2-0 lead in the opener, New York had three different two-goal leads in Game 2. The Kings still came roaring back.
Interference?
LA's controversial goal
Lundqvist and the Rangers couldn't believe an interference penalty wasn't called after Matt Greene's slap shot hit King and went in while the bruising forward fell on top of Lundqvist.
"I'm extremely disappointed on that call -- or non-call," Lundqvist said. "I mean, they've got to be consistent with that rule. ... They score a goal, and I can't even move. It's extremely frustrating for them to get life like that. After that, it's a different game."
Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard had a goal and an assist apiece for the Rangers, who had three two-goal leads in Game 2. Ryan McDonagh and Martin St. Louis also scored, but New York couldn't finish another strong effort.
The Rangers are heading home in a big hole in their quest for their first Stanley Cup title in 20 years. But despite their propensity for blowing leads, they've played their smart, counterattacking style to great effect, proving this series won't be a walkover for the favored Kings.
"I think we've played close to nine periods now, (and) for the most part I've liked a lot of things about our game," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "Our guys are trying real hard. We're going to continue to try. Both games, we had opportunities. We didn't get it done."
Several minutes after King's disputed goal, McDonagh then gave the puck to Gaborik in front, and the Kings' late-season acquisition beat Lundqvist for his 13th goal of a phenomenal postseason.
Neither team played cautiously in overtime, trading good scoring chances and three fruitless power plays in the first extra period. King nearly ended it with a short-handed one-timer, and Chris Kreider failed to score on a breakaway.
