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30 Days of Lundqvist: Hank Sends Rangers to Cup Final With Shutout

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It’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final in 2014. The New York Rangers have a 3-1 series lead moving into the Bell Centre in Montreal and can close out the series to clinch a trip to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1994.

Except, this game didn’t go according to plan for the Blueshirts. Alex Galchenyuk opened up the scoring early in the first period. Derek Stepan, who had broken his jaw and had surgery on it only four days earlier, tied the score later that period.

Three unanswered goals later though, the Rangers chances of closing the series out quickly diminished, as starting goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was pulled after allowing four goals mid-way through the second.