So much for all that concern about Henrik Lundqvist.
The New York Rangers goaltender was his normal brilliant self Friday during a 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final. The back-and-forth series is now tied at two games apiece and shifts back to the Big Apple on Sunday for a critical Game 5.
Lundqvist allowed six goals in each of the past two contests—both losses—but was dominant in Friday's showdown. In fact, he stopped 38 of 39 shots and dictated the tempo of the entire game.
Offensively, Rick Nash spearheaded a five-goal attack with two strikes of his own. That must have been refreshing for Rangers fans since the left winger didn't have a goal in the first three games of this series.
It took more than 17 minutes, but Nash gave New York the game's first lead when he darted down the left side and buried a backhanded shot into the net. Nash's first goal of the series prompted these responses from Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star and Keith Olbermann of ESPN:
Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune noted that ...
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