Rangers coach John Tortorella was very happy with Ryan McDonagh's performance with the man advantage on Thursday.
McDonagh has averaged just 0:42 minutes of power-play ice time in the postseason, but logged 3:32 minutes with the man advantage on Thursday. "I think he helped us on the power play," Tortorella said. "It's me, I screwed that up not using him early enough and I should have." Sounds like McDonagh will also get plenty of power-play ice time on Saturday.

Based on the New York Rangers' morning skate, it looks like Brad Richards will probably be a healthy scratch again on Saturday.
Richards skated with the scratches rather than participate in the Rangers' main practice. Something could still change, but it looks like the Rangers will go with the same lineup that won them Game 4.

Rick Nash threaded a picture-perfect setup on Chris Kreider's game-winning overtime deflection in Thursday's Game 4.
Kreider was asked after the game how it felt to have the Rangers' season on his stick and his response was near perfect. "It wasn't on my stick a very long time," Kreider said. "Nash kind of used me as a backstop, and that's what great players do." Although Nash didn't score for the 10th time in the Rangers' 11 postseason games, the pass to Kreider was about as perfect as the rookie could ask for. The puck landed just beyond the stick of defender Dougie Hamilton and the pass was hard enough to create a deflection that was really difficult for Tuukka Rask to stop in time. The Rangers need Nash to score, but assists like the one Thursday night certainly help.