The Boston Bruins have taken a commanding 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Rangers, and have an opportunity to complete a humiliating sweep on the Rangers' home ice in the most famous arena in the world, Madison Square Garden. The 7:00 game will be televised on CNBC, and can be live streamed for free here. Rangers fans can tune into the radio broadcast at 98.7 ESPN FM while Bruins fans can hear the game at 98.5 The Sports Hub.
For the Rangers to avoid a sweep, and possibly make a historic comeback, they will need to contain Bruins center Brad Marchand, who is leading the series in points (4) and goals (2). During the regular season, Marchand was Boston's leading goal scorer (18), points scorer (36), and goal creator (15).
Despite Boston's dominance, the Rangers are saying they're not finished yet although they have stopped short of predicting they'd become the fourth team in NHL history to storm back from an 0-3 deficit.
Rangers forward Darroll Powe, a member of the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers team that recovered from an 0-3 hole to win the series, described the mindset it takes. Obviously, we can't win four games (Thursday) night. We have to focus on just the task at hand, which is coming out strong on our first shift. We go shift by shift, we just chip away. You've got to try to win every shift. That's how we're going to get back in the series."
Rangers coach John Tortorella agreed with his forward that the series is not over despite the long odds. "I like our team," Tortorella said. "We've got good people. We need to have more people playing more minutes, consistently. We'll be ready to play. I hope we get to another level of desperation. That's not just running around all over the place, it's about winning those battles at key times."
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