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501 of the big city, Don La Grecka, Peter Rosenberg,

with you lots on the table to discuss,

but let's face it the big stories game five tonight

Rangers and the Panthers 78.7% of the time the team that wins game five

and a 2-2 series goes on to win the series.

So that's what you're looking at here and the Rangers would be in better shape

than some because they would have a potential game seven in their building if they

were to win tonight and lose Saturday in Florida.

So for everything that's kind of gone wrong for this Rangers team, poor third periods, inability to get out of their own zone, no goals for Crieder, no goals

for Zavanna Jad, zero for Panarin, no goals for Fox, even though Fox and Panarin I thought

both played well in game four

You're in a 2-2 series and I still believe and there's been nothing to change my mind in these first four games is that he got the better goaltender.

Now has he given up more than we've seen him give up before?

Yeah, but he has been spectacular in those third periods. You don't want to keep it going, you don't want to keep

playing that game, but I think that if you go out there and play a little bit better,

just a little bit better, there's an excellent chance that you're going to Florida with the Panthers facing elimination for the first time in these playoffs.

So let's not lose the fact that this is a 2-2 series.

Let's not lose the fact that it's a best-the-3 with two of those potential three games being played at Madison Square Garden.

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