The time for off-ice gamesmanship is over. The Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers get back to hockey on Sunday when Game 4 of the 2014 Eastern Conference Final goes down at Madison Square Garden.
A series that started off mildly has gained plenty of drama over the past 72 hours. Rangers center Derek Stepan is sidelined with a broken jaw suffered in Game 3, per NHL.com. Montreal's Brandon Prust is serving a two-game suspension for the offending hit.
Meanwhile, longtime friends and now rival coaches Alain Vigneault and Michel Therrien have been sparring back and forth as each tries to gain an emotional edge for his team.
The Rangers head into Game 4 with a 2-1 series lead and will almost certainly welcome back Derick Brassard, who was injured in Game 1. The Canadiens are riding a wave of momentum after Alex Galchenyuk's overtime goal gave them their first win of the series and the first-ever NHL win for rookie goalie Dustin Tokarski.
Game 4 begins at 8 p.m. ET from Manhattan, with television coverage in the U.S. on NBC Sports Network and in Canada on CBC.
There should be plenty of fireworks! We'll have them all for you right here starting at 7:45 p.m. ET.
//from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1ppLJbs
via IFTTT May 25, 2014 at 03:57PM
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