Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers faceoff for Game 4 of their best-of-seven Round 2 series as part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The game can be live streamed for free here. Pittsburgh fans can hear all of the action on 105.9 WXDX while New York fans can do the same on 98.7 WEPN.
Pittsburgh looks to win its second consecutive road game to take a 3-1 series lead back to Pennsylvania while New York tries to even up the series after dropping two games in a row. The Rangers notched a 3-2 overtime Game 1 victory while the Penguins bounced back with back-to-back shutouts, posting a 3-0 triumph at home in Game 2 and a 2-0 win Monday at Madison Square Garden.
The Penguins were mostly out-played in Game 3 and were out-shot 35-15, but the team still managed to sneak away with a win.
"I think at the end of the day, when we look at our team, it's pretty well built from the forwards to the goalies," defenseman Kris Letang told NHL.com Tuesday. "It's all guys who want to want to win for each other. I think that's how we're built and I think that's how we answer every game."
The Rangers are looking to get the power play going after it hasn't scored in its last 34 attempts, dating back to Easter Sunday when the Blueshirts took on the Philadelphia Flyers in Round 1 Game 2.
"I understand we didn't score and we didn't finish on those opportunities, but I believe with this day off here our execution might be better," coach Alain Vigneault said per NHL.com. "I'm going in there with a lot of confidence and I'm sure our players feel the same way."
Brad Richards has paced the Rangers with a team-best seven points in the playoffs and is tied for the team lead with three goals and has added four assists while Benoit Pouliot (three tallies, three helpers) and Martin St. Louis (two goals, four assists) each have six points this postseason.
Rick Nash has an NHL-best 41 shots on goal in the playoffs but hasn't scored a goal and has four points all off of assists. Nash has just one playoff goal for New York in 22 postseason games. Chris Kreider (hand) who hasn't played since March 24 after going 17-20--37 in the regular season, is cleared to play and may return.
Evgeni Malkin has paced the Penguins in points with 10 off of four goals and six assists while Jussi Jokinen (five tallies, three helpers), Matt Niskanen (five markers, three assists) and Paul Martin (eight assists) each have eight points.
Sidney Crosby scored on a breakaway in Game 3, marking the first time "Sid the Kid" found the back of the net in his last 14 playoff games. He has six assists this postseason for seven total points.
Marc-Andre Fleury will suit up between the pipes for Pittsburgh after blanking the Rangers through the last 120 minutes of the series and stopping their last 57 shots. Fleury is 6-3 in the playoffs with a 2.22 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage.
Henrik Lundqvist will man the crease for New York and is 5-5 this postseason with a 2.08 GAA and a .922 save percentage.
The Penguins look to take a 3-1 series lead while the Rangers try and nod things up at two games apiece when the puck drops on Game 4 of their best-of-seven series tonight live from Madison Square Garden in New York City as part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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