Intro:

Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist makes 38 saves as Alain Vigneault's New York Rangers thrash Jon Cooper's Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 to level their best of seven National Hockey League Eastern Conference final series at 2-2.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English): Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers goaltender:

"Well, I think it's important you realize in the big moments that we all have to step up, not only your top players. I felt like the entire team stepped up tonight. There were times, especially in the second, where they came really hard. But we weathered the storm, and we answered back with some huge goals. It still feels so good when you feel like you're doing it together. It's not just one or two guys, but we had everyone step up tonight. We knew the importance of this game. Going home 3-1 against this team would have been extremely tough, so our goal was just to get this one."

SOUNDBITE (English): Alain Vigneault, New York Rangers head coach (on Henrik Lundqvist):

"Well, I think there was a lot of talk about him and about his play, but there wasn't any doubt from within our dressing room. Hank has done this so many times before that we knew he was going to come out and do what he always does, which is give us a chance to win, and that's what he did again tonight."

SOUNDBITE (English): Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightning head coach:

"I think they had some breaks, and you've got to give the Rangers credit, they made the best of them, and we didn't make the best of ours. That's plain and simple. But I'll take our effort. Until the game kind of got out of hand a little bit, I'll take that effort any day of the week. I'll take our chances."