Defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning equalized 2-2 against the New York Rangers in the NHL’s Eastern Conference Finals. In the fourth game of the Best of Seven series, the ice hockey team won 4-1 in front of their home crowd in Florida.
Both teams have won their two previous home games. A team needs four wins to advance to the Stanley Cup finals.
The title holder of the past two years took the lead in the third minute through Pat Maroon and then didn’t give up the lead. The fifth duel in the series takes place in New York on Thursday evening (local time), followed by game six on Saturday evening (local time) in Tampa.
The Rangers last played for the Stanley Cup in 2014. 20 years ago they won the title for the last time. In the final series, the winner of the Eastern Conference against the Colorado Avalanche is about Nico Sturm from Augsburg, who had prevailed in the Western Conference final with four wins in four games against the Edmonton Oilers about Leon Draisaitl.