The NHL Stanley Cup Finals standings in 2014 has the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings series is now 3-1 after the Rangers won by the score of 2-1 and Henrik Lundqvist made 40 saves at Madison Square Garden and it came with the Cup in the building and all the pressure on the Rangers down 3-0 coming into the game.
The Kings were up three games in the series and seemingly could not be beat the entire Stanley Cup finals and they won the first two games in Los Angeles despite not leading in either game in regulation, winning both of those in overtime. The Rangers battled in Game 3 and could not get a goal past Jonathan Quick and the way they played in that matchup it should have been a 3-2 loss and not a shutout, but Quick was just fantastic and nothing worked for the Rangers in that game.
The Rangers opened up the scoring in the game with a goal from Benoit Pouliot and that was on a fantastic individual play, as he redirected a shot that was going wide right into the back of the net. The Rangers scored in the first period once again and they did that three times in four games against the Kings and they also had a few two goals leads after doing that they couldn't hang on to. The team got another goal from Martin St. Louis before Dustin Brown responded with a breakaway goal after making a great play and that gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead into the third period.
The Rangers were dominated in Game 3 despite playing well and Quick finished the game with 32 saves and even on the good chances New York could not convert. Mike Richards and Jeff Carter scored along with Muzzin and the Kings ended up with a 3-0 victory and they went up 3-0 in the series after that win. Henrik Lundqvist did not have his best game and while he was good, he was not good enough, allowing a goal to Carter right at the end of the first period and it was basically over after that.
The Rangers came into the Stanley Cup finals after winning over the Montreal Canadiens in six games and the team took a 3-1 lead in that series before closing it out and Montreal was not an easy out for them in the east. The Kings played a seven game series against the defending Cup champions in the Chicago Blackhawks and that series was hard fought and tough, but the Kings were able to hang on to their 3-1 lead and they took it in Game 7. The Rangers played seven games in their first two series of the postseason and they beat two teams from Pennsylvania in the Penguins and the Flyers and
