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New York's victory tied the series at 3-3 and set up a
decisive Game Seven at Madison Square Garden on Friday. The
eventual winner will play either the Chicago Blackhawks or the
Anaheim Ducks in the Stanley Cup Finals.
Brassard opened the scoring less than four minutes in on a pass
from J.T. Miller, and Keith Yandle followed that up on a long
shot just past the 15 minute mark
Former Ranger Ryan Callahan narrowed the lead with a power play
marker for Tampa Bay late in the period, but New York came out
roaring in the third with three straight goals to put the game
out of reach.
Brassard put in an empty-net goal in the final minutes, and also
had two assists for a total of five points on the night. Miller
and Rick Nash each scored a goal and added three assists.
Nikita Kucherov led the Bolts with two goals.
New York netminder Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves while Tampa
Bay goalie Ben Bishop gave up five on 26 shots and was pulled in
the third for Andrei Vasilevskiy.
(Reporting by Cameron French; Editing by Julian Linden)
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