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Kings vs Rangers Game 1 Thread

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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