Derick Brassard had a hat trick while
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 36 shots,in another season-saving performance
as the New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 7-3. Both teams were
force Game 7 in the e Eastern Conference.
The Rangers overcame a 3-1 series deficit to oust the Washington Capitals in the second round, improved to 4-0 in elimination games this postseason.
Lundqvist is 9-1 with his team's season on the line since the start of last year's playoffs, and 15-3 under those circumstances dating to Game 6 of the 2012 Eastern quarterfinals against Ottawa.
"We capitalized early on our chances, and after that our goaltender was asked to make some big saves, which he did," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "But in the third period, with our season on the line, we probably played our best period of this series so far. We wanted a chance, and we got a chance."
Brassard also had two assists for the Rangers, Keith Yandle, James Sheppard and J.T. Miller also scored on Ben Bishop, who was pulled with New York leading 5-1 with just under 13 minutes remaining. Rick Nash added a goal against Andrei Vasilevskiy, and Brassard had an empty-netter with 1:41 to go to complete his hat trick.
"Every time we're in an elimination game, that's the way we play," Brassard said. "We're just going to go out there at home and try to play our best game."
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