Stanley Cup Final: Lundqvist gets bounced around by Kings

Tom Gatto

Stanley Cup Final: Lundqvist gets bounced around by Kings image

The Kings have been taking the body to the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist during Game 2 in the Stanley Cup Final.

Wait, Lundqvist is the goalie, isn't he? Can they do that?

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Well, the referees are mixed on that. They said LA's Dwight King could on this play, which resulted in a tip-in goal by King.

That was a crucial no-call, because it helped spark yet another Kings third-period comeback from a two-goal deficit.

In overtime, however, the refs couldn't ignore this collision between Lundqvist and Jeff Carter. Interference. Rangers power play.

Sure, you could argue that Lundqvist embellished a wee bit (hey, the World Cup IS less than a week away), but no diving was called.

But things aren't exactly even, because the Rangers did not score with the man advantage.

UPDATE: The Kings' Dustin Brown beat Lundqvist on a deflection in the second overtime to give the Kings a 5-4 victory and a 2-0 series lead.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.