[FIELDSET="THE MATCHUP"]
2014 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
GAME #1 - 05/17/2014
[/FIELDSET]GAME #1 - 05/17/2014
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[FIELDSET="NEWS & NOTES"]
GAME LINKS:
___SERIES OVERVIEW___
Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@MTL 4/12/14 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Canadiens.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca
AROUND THE LEAGUE:
ROUND 3 SCHEDULE:
[/FIELDSET]___SERIES OVERVIEW___
Game Preview - Last Matchup; NYR@MTL 4/12/14 - NHL.com - Rangers.com - Canadiens.com
NY Post - NYDN - Andrew Gross - MSG.com - Yahoo Sports - ESPN.com - TSN.ca
AROUND THE LEAGUE:
ROUND 3 SCHEDULE:
[FIELDSET="QUOTES TO NOTE"]
When I was starting in the league, I learned from Dave Andreychuk. He was in his 22nd year and had never even been to the Stanley Cup Final until we won it.
He told me, ‘Never take any of it for granted.‘ He was living proof that it was not easy.
- Brad Richards
[/FIELDSET]He told me, ‘Never take any of it for granted.‘ He was living proof that it was not easy.
- Brad Richards
We never played our best in the 2012 ECF, and I think we figured we’d get another shot.
Well, I think as a group we appreciate it more now and have a better understanding of how tough it was to get back here.
We’re not going to take this opportunity for granted.
- Marc Staal
At the end of the day, Montreal is a great building to play in whether you’re the home team, and I can talk from experience, or you’re the visiting team.
Just like Madison Square Garden, you’re talking about great buildings, a lot of fun, and what we’re trying to do is basically what we’ve tried to do all year.
We’re going to prepare for a tough opponent, we’re going to come up with a plan and we’ll try to execute our plan.
Montreal, they’ve just beaten the best team in the NHL, so we’re going to have our hands full.
- Alain Vigneault
Well, I think as a group we appreciate it more now and have a better understanding of how tough it was to get back here.
We’re not going to take this opportunity for granted.
- Marc Staal
At the end of the day, Montreal is a great building to play in whether you’re the home team, and I can talk from experience, or you’re the visiting team.
Just like Madison Square Garden, you’re talking about great buildings, a lot of fun, and what we’re trying to do is basically what we’ve tried to do all year.
We’re going to prepare for a tough opponent, we’re going to come up with a plan and we’ll try to execute our plan.
Montreal, they’ve just beaten the best team in the NHL, so we’re going to have our hands full.
- Alain Vigneault
[FIELDSET="MONTREAL CANADIENS"]
TEAM STATS:
W | 8 | GA | 26
L | 3 | GF/G | 3.27
HOME | 4-1 | GA/G | 2.36
AWAY | 4-2 | PP% | 26.3
STREAK | W2 | PK% | 80.0
PIM/G | 8.3 | FO% | 47.4
TEAM LEADERS:
PROJECTED LINES:
Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais | Brendan Gallagher
Michael Bournival | Tomas Plekanec | Thomas Vanek
Rene Bourque | Lars Eller | Brian Gionta (C)
Brandon Prust | Danny Briere | Dale Weise
Josh Gorges (A) | P.K. Subban
Andrei Markov (A) | Alexei Emelin
Nathan Beaulieu | Mike Weaver
Alex Galchenyuk|
Ryan White|
George Parros|
Douglas Murray|
Travis Moen|
Francis Bouillon|
Mike Blunden|
STARTING GOALIE:
Carey Price
SV% .926 | GAA: 2.15 | SO: 1
INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:
[FIELDSET="NEW YORK RANGERS"]
TEAM STATS:
W | 8 | GA | 30
L | 6 | GF/G | 2.43
HOME | 4-3 | GA/G | 2.14
AWAY | 4-3 | PP% | 10.9
STREAK | W3 | PK% | 82.9
PIM/G | 8.4 | FO% | 46.3
TEAM LEADERS:
PROJECTED LINES:
Rick Nash | Derek Stepan | Chris Kreider
Benoit Pouliot | Derick Brassard | Mats Zuccarello
Carl Hagelin | Brad Richards (A) | Martin St. Louis
Brian Boyle | Dominic Moore | Derek Dorsett
Ryan McDonagh | Dan Girardi (A)
Marc Staal (A) | Anton Stralman
John Moore | Kevin Klein
Dan Carcillo|
Raphael Diaz|
Justin Falk|
Jesper Fast|
J.T. Miller|
STARTING GOALIE:
Henrik Lundqvist
SV% .931 | GAA: 1.99 | SO: 0
INJURIES / SUSPENSIONS / MISC:
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