Stanley Cup Final live: Rangers take 1-0 lead over Kings in first period

NEW YORK – Even before he held his daughter Madison for the first time, cradling her body atop his tattoo of the Rangers logo on his forearm, Bobby Ackerman bought her a tiny Henrik Lundqvist jersey. And he made sure the world understood exactly why.

A dejected Henrik Lundqvist sits on the ice after giving up the winning goal in the Rangers' 5-4 double-overtime loss to the Kings in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals Saturday night in Los Angeles. Photo: Getty Images 

The Rangers are the 321st team in the N.H.L., N.B.A. and Major League Baseball to fall behind in a best-of-seven series by three games to none. On Wednesday at Madison Square Garden, they will start what they hope will be a long climb back against a

The Rangers struck a strong blow against people who do The Wave, people who are incapable of understanding sarcasm.

Two seconds after the Kings kill off the first penalty, Rangers defenseman John Moore blasts a shot from the blue line that left wing Benoit Pouliot deflects past Quick to open the scoring in Game 4 tonight at Madison Square Garden. Quick had stopped