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NEW YORK -- Madison Square Garden underwent a recent $1 billion transformation, and yet it will have another completely different feeling once the New York Rangers hit the ice in the Eastern Conference finals. Gone will be the fear of impending doom that enveloped the club during its second-round comeback against Pittsburgh. Missing will be the nerves that any goal or loss could mean the end of the season. Suddenly, the Rangers are the front-runners against the Montreal Canadiens, and their fans now have the chance to celebrate the ride with them. "Having fan support is obviously huge," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "Unconditional love, its something thats really beneficial to a team." New York is riding a five-game winning streak, but four of those victories came on the road -- two in Pittsburgh when the Rangers erased a 3-1 series deficit, and the first two in this matchup with Montreal. The Rangers will skate at the Garden on Thursday night with a series lead for the first time since Game 2 of the first round against Philadelphia 15 games ago. "Its a good feeling, but we know weve accomplished nothing yet," forward Martin St. Louis said. "Were trying to prepare for a Montreal team thats going to come out with a lot of energy. We know that. This is a big game for everybody. We know where the series is, and its a big opportunity for us." Nothing is a guarantee, but to take a 3-0 series lead would set the Rangers up for their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals since 1994. Since New York fell way behind Pittsburgh with a dispirited home loss in Game 4, the Rangers have been playing with a sense of desperation. It didnt reset once they eliminated the Penguins, and so far they have shown no signs they will let the Canadiens recover. "I feel every game is a must-win in the playoffs," St. Louis said. "You go into every game understanding what can happen with a loss and what can happen with a win. Its a lot of momentum shifting, a buildup in the playoffs, and you want to make sure you keep it as long as you can." The Canadiens mindset is to regroup and play the kind of road game the Rangers did by jumping on them. Montreal is still dealing with the loss of No. 1 goalie Carey Price, who was knocked out of the series by injury in the opener, but now is trying to rally around third-stringer Dustin Tokarski. The inexperienced goalie, who has played in only 11 career NHL games, got the surprise nod by coach Michel Therrien in Game 2 over regular backup Peter Budaj and was tabbed again Wednesday to start in Game 3. Struggled forward Thomas Vanek was dropped to the fourth line in practice on Wednesday alongside Danny Briere and Brandon Prust in another potential shake-up. "Dont read too much, OK?" Therrien said. "They might change tomorrow." Whatever the lineup looks like, the Canadiens have adopted a motto of no excuses as the series shifts to New York. "We lost the first two games. Weve got to do something different," Canadiens captain Brian Gionta said Wednesday in Montreal before the team flew south. "But at the same time, we had a pretty good game in Game 2. Weve just got to find ways to get more goals and get to them a little more offensively." They netted only two in a blowout loss in the opener, and then scored one on Monday in a 3-1 loss. The Canadiens grabbed what had been an all-important first goal, but they lost the lead just 17 seconds later and were trailing 2-1 before the first period ended. Henrik Lundqvist was the main reason the Rangers were ahead, holding off an early attack and then a third-period surge in which he stopped all 19 Canadiens shots. He made 40 saves overall. "We are down two, and we are going on the road," said forward Max Pacioretty, who scored the lone Montreal goal in Game 2. "Obviously, we would have liked to have Game 2, but we can only worry about Game 3. Weve got to be better. "We have to make life difficult for their goalie, and if we do that, I like our teams chances." Pacioretty, a Connecticut native, is also looking forward to the atmosphere at the Garden, even though he will be wearing an enemy sweater. "I love MSG," he said. "I grew up watching games there. I love going there. I havent played in the finished building yet, so this will be fun for me." One person who hopes to be back on the ice on Thursday is Rangers forward Derick Brassard, who was injured early in the opener and missed all of Game 2. He went through a full practice on Wednesday and was waiting to meet with the medical staff and Vigneault to see if he would rejoin the lineup. Fellow forward Benoit Pouliot sat out for a maintenance day. 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Fake Shoes Discount .com) - Jimmie Johnson won Sundays AAA Texas 500 while championship contenders Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski as well as their teams were involved in a post-race fight on pit road after the two clashed in the closing laps at Texas Motor Speedway.LONDON, Ont. -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Mitchell Marner and Max Domi also scored for the Knights in regulation (44-12-5) while Ryan Rupert clinched the win with Londons second shootout goal. Londons Jake Patterson made 22 saves for the win. Jack Flinn gave the Attack (26-26-8) a chance to win by stopping 52-of-55 shots. Daniel Milne scored twice for Owen Sound and Kurtis Gabriel added the other. Both clubs went 0 for 3 on the power play. --- FRONTENACS 10 BULLS 2 KINGSTON, Ont. -- Sam Bennett scored three times as the Frontenacs used a five-goal first period to crush Belleville. Darcy Greenoway and Henri Ikonen each had a goal and two assists for Kingston (33-22-4) while Mikko Vainonen, Ryan Verbeek, Robert Polesello, Corey Pawley and Spencer Watson added the others. Lucas Perissini stopped 37-of-39 shots for the Frontenacs. Cameron Brace scored both goals for the Bulls (19-36-6) as Michael Giugovaz allowed all 10 goals on 39 shots against. --- COLTS 2 WHALERS 1 (SO) PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 49 shots for the Whalers, but gave up the winner to Zach Hall in the third round of the shootout as Barrie won for the first time in three outings. Andreas Athanasiou forced overtime for the Colts (32-26-3) when he scored at 5:20 of the third period. Plymouths (24-30-7) Zach Lorentz opened the scoring at 6:04 of the second. Mackenzie Blackwood made 35 saves for Barrie. --- OTTERS 4 STING 3 SARNIA, Ont. -- Dane Fox scored twice, including his 58th of the season at 19:22 of the third period to break a 3-3 deadlock, as Erie edged the Sting. Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist for the Otters (45-144-2) and Travis Wood scored the other.dddddddddddd Nickolas Latta, Hayden Hodgson and Vladislav Kodola scored for Sarnia (16-39-6) and Nikolay Goldobin tacked on two assists. Eries Oscar Dansk made 18 saves for the win as Taylor Dupuis stopped 33-of-37 shots in defeat. --- SPIRIT 5 RANGERS 2 SAGINAW, Mich. -- Justin Kea scored twice and Jake Paterson stopped 36 shots as the Spirit handed Kitchener its fourth loss in a row. Jeremiah Addison, Dylan Sadowy and Jimmy Lodge also scored for Saginaw (30-26-5) and Nick Moutrey had two assists. Mason Kohn and Curtis Meighan scored for the Rangers (22-36-3). Matthew Greenfield started in net for Kitchener and allowed four goals on 16 shots before being relieved by Jordan DeKort to start the third period. DeKort stopped 5-of-6 shots in relief. --- GENERALS 4 STEELHEADS 1 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Ken Appleby made 27 saves and Oshawa produced all its offence in the first period en route to defeating the Steelheads. Josh Sterk, Jacob Busch, Joe Manchurek and Hunter Smith scored for the Generals (40-17-5). Mississauga (23-34-4) got its lone goal from Bobby MacIntyre. Chase Marchand allowed all four goals on 15 shots before Spencer Martin took over to start the second period. Martin made 19 saves in relief. --- WOLVES 6 STORM 5 SUDBURY, Ont. -- Trevor Carrick scored once and set up two more as the Wolves came from behind to defeat Guelph. Ray Huether, Nicholas Baptiste, Jacob Harris, Radek Faksa and Nathan Pancel also scored for Sudbury (31-2-10), which trailed 5-2 after 40 minutes of play. Robby Fabbri, Pius Suter and Zach Mitchell each had a goal and an assist for the Storm (47-11-3) while Brock McGinn and Marc Stevens added singles. Franky Palazzese made 36 saves for the Wolves. Guelphs Justin Nichols stopped 32-of-38 shots in defeat. ' ' '