Rangers vs. Panthers Game 4 live updates: NHL playoffs news, highlights, more
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The Rangers are only two steps away from reaching the Stanley Cup Final — and will look to get even closer on Tuesday night.
The Rangers will face off against the Panthers in Game 4 in Sunrise, Fla. with a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Final after a
bailed out the Rangers, who were outplayed for large portions of the game by Florida.
If the Rangers can get one more road win, they would return to MSG with a chance to be Eastern Conference champs.
Will the Rangers be able to get one game closer to the Stanley Cup Final? Or will Florida tie the series up?
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Filip Chytil was scratched by the Rangers for Game 4, with veteran winger Blake Wheeler set to make his first appearance since suffering a leg injury on Feb. 15.
The 16-year NHL veteran had nine goals and 12 assists in 54 regular-season appearances in his first year with the Blueshirts.
Rookie winger Matt Rempe also remained in the lineup after logging just 4:02 in Game 3, with only three shifts in the final two periods and overtime.
SUNRISE, Fla. — It is impossible to compare hockey from the ’70s to the game that’s being played now. But I have to say that the Panthers have taken a page out of the Broad Street Bullies’ playbook they and Zen master Fred Shero used to terrorize the league five decades ago.
They commit borderline, if not obvious, penalties on almost every shift the way the Flyers did. They overwhelm the referees the way the Flyers did. They dare the officials to send a parade to the box. The officials are not up to it.
Did you miss the entirely unprovoked Oliver Ekman-Larsson slash plus the entirely unprovoked Matthew Tkachuk high cross-check on Matt Rempe when No. 73 came off the bench to join the celebration after Alex Wennberg’s overtime winner that gave the Blueshirts a 2-1 edge in the series.