RANGERS STAY ALIVE IN NHL FINALS

The confetti that signified a Stanley Cup champion remained inside the cannons, for now. Down 3-0 in the best-of-7 series against the LA Kings New York fought back on their home ice, showing signs of life for the first time all series in a 2-1 victory in which goalkeeper Henrik Lundqvist made 40 saves for a .976 save Pct.”When everything is on the line, you just have to challenge yourself the right way,” Lundqvist said. “You have to be focused. One mistake and the season is over. You’re definitely aware of that.” The Rangers are trying to become the 2nd team ever to erase a 3-0 hole in the Stanley Cup finals and go on to win the cup.”It’s not impossible,” Lundqvist said.

Benoit Pouliot and Martin St. Louis each scored for the Rangers and Dustin Brown chipped one in for the Kings.”We wanted to close it out tonight and we weren’t able to do it,” Kings forward Anze Kopitar said. “Now we have a desperate team coming into our building.” As Kopitar said Game 5 will be in LA.

Twice in the game the Kings got the puck on the line bu couldn’t get it all the way across. “I was just holding my breath,” Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi said. “All those guys in the crease did a great job to keep it out.”