The Lightning, two-time defending champion, restored the situation against the Rangers on Tuesday evening, winning (4-1) Game 4 to tie at two wins everywhere in their Eastern Conference final of the NHL play-offs.
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For the time being, each team remains master of its ice rink. And, two days after being scared by narrowly winning game 3 (3-2), while trailing by two goals, Tampa Bay this time won an easier success.
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Pat Maroon opened the scoring in the first period. Nikita Kucherov doubled the score in the second and Steven Stamkos made it worse in the third. Among the New Yorkers, Artemi Panarin saved the honor at the end of the match; and it was Ondrej Palat, who provided the two previous goals for his team, who quietly completed the Florida success by shooting into the deserted opposing cage, the Rangers having tried everything with six outfield players in the last minutes .
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“You have to admit that it’s easier to play in front of our fans, they push us a lot, said Frenchman Pierre-Édouard Bellemare, involved in Tampay Bay’s first goal. But our physical commitment was insufficient at the beginning of this series. So a sense of urgency drove us. We are equal, it is up to us to continue on this path. »
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The next match in the best-of-seven series is Thursday at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
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