The New York Rangers withstood early pressure from the Montreal Canadiens and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was on top of his game as the New York Rangers took
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announced that G Carey Price would be out for the series, with a knee injury
suffered in a collision with Rangers LW Chris Kreider, and head coach Michel
Therrien made the decision to go with Dustin Tokarski in Prices place. Tokarski,
24, has posted a .921 save percentage in 56 games with Hamilton of the AHL since
he was acquired from Tampa Bay last year, and stopped 88 of 93 shots (.946 SV%)
in three games with the Canadiens this year, but Tokarski has also started 10
NHL games in his career, so the decision came with a certain amount of risk.
Montreal opened the game asserting territorial control, with 24 of the first 34
unblocked shot attempts in the game. Habs LW Max Pacioretty got the Canadiens on
the board first, 6:14 into the game, with his third goal in the past four games.
At that point, the Canadiens were looking good. Only 17 seconds later, Rangers D
Ryan McDonagh scored on a shot that deflected off D Josh Gorges and past
Tokarski. McDonagh added an assist later, giving him six points in the first two
games of the series. As the first period neared a close, the Rangers looked like
they might be able to escape with a tie score despite getting the wrong end of
the puck possession game, but then circumstances got even better for the
Blueshirts. A quick-break three-on-two, following a defensive zone face-off,
resulted in a goal for Rick Nash, the second straight game in which he has
scored. Tokarski could have come across the crease quicker, perhaps but, even
so, Nashs one-time snap shot was stoppable. It was the kind of goal for which
Tokarski shouldnt really be blamed -- he didnt give up the three-on-two break --
but, especially in the playoffs, it was the kind of goal that comes under more
scrutiny. So the Canadiens, who might have been somewhat frustrated to end the
first frame tied despite dominating play, werent even tied, they were down by a
goal. Then, 8:03 into the second period, Rangers RW Martin St. Louis scored a
power goal, with a rocket shot inside the post, and the Canadiens climb got much
steeper. Montreal was stifled for much of the rest of the game, with a few
surges, particularly on a power play, with Tokarski pulled, in the last four
minutes, but Lundqvist was there to turn back any Habs attempts. In his last
five games, Lundqvist has stopped 162 of 168 shpts (.964 SV%) and, over the past
three seasons, has a .933 save percentage in the playoffs. Not exactly an easy
head-to-head matchup for Tokarski to win. The Canadiens got LW Alex Galchenyuk
back in the lineup -- his first game since suffering a knee injury April 9
against Chicago -- and the line of Brendan Gallagher, David Desharnais and
Max Pacioretty was on for more than 86% of the 5-on-5 shot attempts when they
were on the ice. D P.K. Subban had 18 shot attempts (nine on net, six blocked,
three missed the net) and Gallagher had 13 attempts. More problematic for the
Canadiens is that Thomas Vanek didnt register a shot on goal. In the past seven
games, Vanek has registered either one or zero shots in six of them. Its not as
if the Canadiens have altogether no hope, but its not an easy task to come back
from a two-games-to-none series deficit, and doing so with questions in goal
makes that scenario all the less likely. They will need a dramatically different
performance in New York if they are going to reverse the path which is currently
leading them to the offseason in short order. Scott Cullen can be reached at
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Blue Jays.MIAMI -- Chicago Cubs pitcher Travis Wood delivered a victory from the
mound on Sunday. A day later, he did the same from the batters box. The
pinch-hitting pitcher had an RBI double with two outs in the 13th inning, giving
the Chicago Cubs a 5-4 victory over the Miami Marlins. "I knew I was coming up
that inning, so I had been stretched out, swinging down in the tunnel," Wood
said. "I came up, luckily Junior got on and I was able to hit it down the line
and put us up." Called on to bat for reliever Carlos Villanueva (3-5), Wood hit
a sharp groundball off Jacob Turner (2-5) down the left field line, scoring
Junior Lake for the go-ahead run. Wood was pressed into action as available
players dwindled. Cubs manager Rick Renteria used lefties Chris Coghlan and
Nate Schierholtz in the seventh and 10th innings, respectively. By the 13th, the
Cubs had gone through seven pitchers and all batters but righty Eli Whiteside.
"(Whiteside) was my last guy, then if we get beyond and I use Russ
(James Russell), I need somebody to pitch and I still need another body,"
Renteria said. "The way (Wood) handles the bat, he gave us, he gave himself a
chance in that at bat." Wood, who is hitting .250 this season, was 0 for 4 as a
pinch hitter entering the game. "I always hit growing up, out of high school,"
Wood said. "I didnt have 3, 4 year of not hitting. So I kind of just stuck with
it and its part of my job as a starting pitcher in the National League, so I
practice at it and try to do the best I can." Miamis Tom Koehler was near
perfect to start, retiring 14 of the first 15 batters. Only Mike Olt registered
a hit against the Marlins starter during that stretch. But the Cubs overcame a
3-0 deficit in the sixth inning, highlighted by Starlin Castros three-run homer.
After the Marlins were unable to turn a double play on pitcher Justin Hammels
bunt, Luis Valbuena and Justin Ruggiano followed with singles. Hammel ended
Koehlers shutout when he scored on a groundout by Anthony Rizzo. Castro then
gave Chicago a 4-3 lead with a three-run homer, his 10th of the season. "Other
than the curveball that I hung there, they did a good job of hitting some
quality pitches," Koehler said. "Unfortunately, in this game the results dont
always mirror the quality of the outing. I do feel like I let the guys down when
we had that three-run lead going into the inning.
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five, failed to get beyond the sixth inning for the third time in his last four
starts. "Tom is having a tough time getting through that sixth inning," Marlins
manager Mike Redmond said. "He was breezing. Hes got to fight through that to
win games at this level." The Marlins responded in the bottom half of the sixth.
Marcell Ozuna led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by
Adeiny Hechavarria. Hammel allowed four runs and eight hits. He struck out nine
in six innings. Giancarlo Stanton put the Marlins on the board in the first
inning with his 19th home run, a two-run line drive that just cleared the right
field wall. "I could not get the slider down and that was the ball that Stanton
hit," Hammel said. "Ive never seen a home run like that. I think it took two
seconds to get out of the ballpark. I thought it was going to be a foul ball and
hitting the base of the wall or something. Thats impressive." Miami padded its
lead in the third when Stanton scored on Casey McGehees single to right. The
Marlins failed to convert with the bases loaded in the seventh. Garrett Jones
grounded into a forceout at home and Ozuna struck out looking. NOTES: The
Marlins observed a moment of silence for Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, who died
Monday. ... The Cubs improved to 3-6 in extra inning games this season. The
Marlins fell to 4-6. ... Castro registered his 11th three-hit game and now
shares the major league lead in the category with Colorados Troy Tulowitzki.
With his home run in the sixth, Castro picked up his eighth extra-base hit in
his last 10 games. ... The Cubs intentionally walked Stanton in the 11th inning,
giving the Marlins slugger 14 intentional passes this season. Stanton trails
only Bostons David Ortiz (15) in intentional walks. ... Jake Marisnick and
Justin Bour, both recalled from Triple-A New Orleans, saw action in Mondays
game. Marisnick batted leadoff in place of the injured OF Christian Yelich and
finished 2 for 6 with run, a walk and two stolen bases. Bour struck out in a
pinch-hit appearance for Koehler in the sixth inning, ... The teams continue the
series Tuesday night, with Chicago RHP Jeff Samardzija (2-6) facing RHP
Anthony DeSclafani (1-1).
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