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NEW YORK: Henrik Lundqvist #30 and Chris Kreider #20 of the watch Daniel Briere #48 of the Canadiens into the back of the net in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Final during the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 22, 2014. — AFP down NY Rangers Galechenyuk gives Canadiens hope; Tokarski saves 35

NEW YORK: Montreal Canadiens center probably the result would have been different.” Game Four of blocked a lot of shots and battled really hard to the end.” stuffed in a rebound 72 seconds into to beat the the series will return to tomorrow. New York Rangers 3-2 on Thursday and reduce the Eastern Lucky bounces Conference finals series deficit to 2-1. Galchenyuk ended the Hagelin breakthrough Both sides grumbled about the lucky bounces their oppo- pulsating game when he cleaned up after a strong from The Rangers dominated the opening period, taking 14 nents got. “They got a bounce, that’s the way it goes some- Tomas Plekanec bounced off New York goalie Henrik shots to four by the Canadiens, with 24-year-old Tokarski times,” said New York’s St Louis. “You’ve got to bury some of Lundqvist and silenced the Madison Square Garden crowd. hanging tough under the pressure to keep the game score- your chances and we failed to do so but we generated a lot, The Rangers, who were looking to take a 3-0 stranglehold on less until left winger Carl Hagelin broke through for New that’s some of the good things we did tonight. We’ve just got the best-of-seven series, sent the game into overtime when York. Hagelin smothered a shot by Montreal’s PK Subban to find a way to put the puck in the net.” Therrien said it was Chris Kreider levelled the score at 2-2 with a shot off the skate and raced up the left side on a breakaway before sliding it critical that Montreal kept the Rangers from surging to a big of Montreal defenseman Alexei Emelin with 29 seconds left across ice to Martin St Louis. Tokarski tipped the shot by St lead in the opening period. “We weathered the storm and I that produced roars that rocked the Garden. Louis but Hagelin swooped in and swiped it out of the air felt our team played with more confidence as the game went Kreider’s goal came after Daniel Briere had given Montreal and into the net for a 1-0 lead with 5:51 left in the period on,” he said. “They got a break at the end of the game (on the lead with a shot that caromed in off Rangers defenseman for his fifth goal of the playoffs. Montreal tied it 3:20 into Kreider’s goal). Without Tokarski’s performance, probably the Ryan McDonagh with three minutes remaining in regulation. the second period when Andrei Markov fired a shot result would have been different.” Rangers coach Alain Montreal’s rookie goalie Dustin Tokarski, starting in place of through Lundqvist after receiving a pinpoint pass from Vigneault also paid Tokarski praise. “We played a good game, injured regular , stopped 35 of 37 shots to outduel Max Pacioretty. Tokarski, appearing in his second playoff had some really good looks. Give credit to their . Lundqvist who allowed three of 28 shots to find the net. game after playing in 10 regular games, said his He played well,” Vigneault said. “This series is intense. We bat- “Dustin Tokarski was phenomenal tonight,” said Canadiens team mates helped him through. “I was just going out tled really hard tonight, came out ready to play. It was a hard- coach Michel Therrien. “Without Tokarskis performance, there to play my game,” said Tokarski. “The other guys fought game. Next one is going to be the same.” — Reuters