Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings faceoff for Game 2 of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final series live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The game can be live streamed for free here. New York fans can hear all of the action on 98.7 ESPN while Los Angeles fans can do the same on Fox Sports 570.
New York looks to nod up the series before it heads to Madison Square Garden while Los Angeles hopes to leave the City of Angels with a 2-0 series lead heading to the Big Apple. A costly giveaway by Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi in overtime of Game 1 led to a goal by Justin Williams five minutes into the extra frame which gave the Kings a 3-2 win and 1-0 series lead.
Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said that he needs all of his players to bring their 'A' games to Staples Center tonight after a few miscues cost them in Game 1 and a nightmarish third period marred them.
"We need to play to our strengths," Vigneault told NHL.com.. "Let me put it another way: We need to find a way to play to our strengths. They're probably the best opponent we've met. For us to win, we're going to have to find a way to play to our strengths. Speed is definitely one of them."
The Kings are hoping to have a good game from start-to-finish after falling behind 2-0 in the first period Wednesday night.
"[We] definitely want to have better start in a couple days and we'll see what happens after that," Kings center Anze Kopitar said via NHL.com.
Kopitar leads the entire playoffs in points (24) and assists (19) and has added five goals while Marian Gaborik leads the playoffs in markers (12) while adding seven helpers for 19 points. Jeff Carter ranks second on the team with 23 points by finding the back of the net nine times and adding 14 assists.
Defenseman Ryan McDonagh has paced the Blueshirts with 14 points off of three goals and 11 assists while Martin St. Louis (six markers, seven helpers) and Derek Stepan (five goals, eight assists) each have 13 points.
In net, New York turns to Henrik Lundqvist, who is 12-8 and ranks second in the postseason in goals-against average (2.07) and first in save percentage (.928). Los Angeles counters with Jonathan Quick, who is 13-9 in these playoffs with a 2.81 GAA and a .907 save percentage.
The Rangers and Kings take the ice for Game 2 of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final series live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles tonight.
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