For the Panthers, it's win one game and return to the Stanley Cup Final.
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin looks back as a puck hit by Florida Panthers center Sam Reinhart gets past him to score during an overtime period of Game 4.The missions for both the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers couldn't be simpler at this point in the Eastern Conference title matchup.For the Rangers , it's win one game and return home with title hopes still alive.
The Rangers - the Presidents' Trophy winners for having the best regular season record this year - have already won once at Florida in this series, taking Game 3 in overtime, so they surely know that they can go on the road and prevail. New York also had 25 road wins in the regular season, tied for third-most in the NHL behind only Florida and Dallas.
"We knew it was going to be tight defensively coming in here," Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. "I mean, the way they played the regular season and the way they played the playoffs up until this point let us believe that it wasn't going to be wide open." "Our approach is one game at a time. We've got business to take care of still," Florida forward Sam Bennett said. "All we're thinking about is Game 6 at home. That's our entire focus, on that game right now."Move over, Original Six. Step aside, colder climates. If you want hockey in June ... you're coming to Florida.When the puck drops on Saturday night, the state of Florida - 2021 and 2022 in Tampa, 2023 and now 2024 in Sunrise - will become the first U.S.
The Rangers have 65 wins this season, second-most in club history. The Stanley Cup-winning 1993-94 squad won 68 games.Florida is trying to be the first team since Pittsburgh, in 2016 and 2017, to oust the Presidents' Trophy winner in consecutive seasons.
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