During the 2014-15 NHL regular season the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers finished with 100 and 96 points respectively. Now Montreal and New York will square off in the Eastern Conference Finals starting on Saturday. Obviously the winner of the series will head to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Rangers have not reached the Stanley Cup Finals since 1994. Montreal meanwhile has not appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1993 when they won their 24th Cup. It's obviously been a long extremely long time for both teams to represent the Eastern Conference in June. This Saturday let the games begin ! Game 1 will take place in Montreal. How did both teams get here ? Let's take a look : Montreal swept Tampa Bay 4-0 in the 1st round and knocked out Boston on the road in Game 7 during the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Meanwhile the Rangers went through the state of Pennsylvania winning a pair of 7 game series. New York won at home in Game 7 vs. Philadelphia in round one. New York won on the road in Pittsburgh during Game 7. Henry Lundqvist vs. Carey Price will be the marquee goaltender match up.
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