ONE MUST DO - LIGHTNING @ RANGERS GAME 7

The NHL Eastern Conference Stanley Cup Finals has come down to a Game 7 match-up as the Tampa Bay Lightning face-off against the New York Rangers to see who will prevail and head to the Stanley Cup Finals. Madison Square Garden will host tonights Game 7 match-up where Rangers fans will likely scream their lungs out to get morale built for the home team. A seven goal Game 6 gave the Rangers another opportunity to extend their NHL season and show fans why they were the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Noted was Henrik Lundqvist's 36 saves on 39 shots, holding Tampa Bay to just 3 goals only one of which was executed on the power-play. Statistically, the teams were evenly matched across the board, but the Rangers determination to come out victorious was well-shown in an impressive onslaught. Center Derick Brassard earned his pay with 3 goals and 2 assists, his first true outburst of the series. Quietly, New York has regained the momentum and will look to prove themselves the better team once and for all in Game 7.

Tampa Bay was victorious in Game 5 taking the home ice advantage down to Florida for Game 6, confident that the opportunity to close the Rangers out would be fully executed. Their inexperience showed true as their youthful staff was out-roughed by the opponent Rangers who delivered 27 hits. A unsound engagement with the physicality of the Rangers had Tampa Bay sitting in the penalty box for 8 mins of the game. They're aren't the bruisers they'd like to be and the moment they're pulled from their finesse type schematic, they become vulnerable to the defeat. They need to dictate the tempo in Game 7 and have superstar Tyler Johnson bring out the Hat Trick for a Tampa Bay Berth in the Stanley Cup Finals. This one is for all the marbles.

Has Lundqvist set the tone for a 2015 New York Rangers Stanley Cup Finals berth? Find out in Game 7 tonight at 8:00 p.m. E.T on NBCSN.  THE BIRTH LLC appreciates our new supporters and encourages browsers to subscribe for instant notification on sports news. Enjoy what is left of the 2015 NHL season as the Stanley Cup Finals are only days away.