Kings vs Rangers Game 1 Thread

Your open game thread and live stream for game one of the Stanley Cup finals.

The Stanley Cup finals get underway tonight, as the Kings will host the Rangers. The Kings are coming off their third game 7 victory of the playoffs, whereas the Kings are...ugh....let's just say they made it to the finals, good for them.

Puck drop is at 8 pm EST.

This game will be carried on CBC and RDS in Canada and NBC in the US.

You can stream the HNIC (CBC) feed here.

Regular season team stats:

GP RECORD HOME ROAD L10 G/G GA/G PP% PK% PIM/G S/G SA/G FO%
New York Rangers 82 45-31-6 20-17-4 25-14-2 6-2-2 2.61 2.32 18.2 85.3 10.0 33.2 29.4 48.8
Los Angeles Kings 82 46-28-8 23-14-4 23-14-4 5-3-2 2.42 2.05 15.1 83.1 10.7 31.6 26.2 52.8

Check out the game preview via Jewels from the Crown.

Projected lineup (via Blueshirt Banter.)

Kreider - Stepan - Nash 1st Line Gaborik - Kopitar - Brown
Hagelin - Richards - St. Louis 2nd Line Pearson - Carter - Toffoli
Pouliot - Brassard - Zuccarello 3rd Line King - Stoll - Williams
Boyle - Moore - Dorsett 4th Line Clifford - Richards - Lewis
McDonagh - Girardi 1st D Pair Muzzin - Doughty
Stralman - Staal 2nd D Pair Mitchell - Voynov
Diaz - Klein 3rd D Pair Martinez - Greene

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