NHL Update: Rangers/Lightning Series Goes to a 7th Game

The New York Rangers eased to a (7-3) victory in game six at Tampa vs the Lightning, forcing a seventh and deciding game of the NHL semi-finals in New York on Friday night.

It was the fourth time in this year’s playoffs that the Rangers responded with a victory in a game in which they faced elimination.

The Rangers’ Derick Brassard had a brilliant game, scoring the three goal hat trick and also picking up two assists.

In a similar situation in 1994, the Rangers’ Mark Messier also had a hat trick in a game six of an NHL semi-final series in which the Rangers trailed three games to two and won game six on the road.