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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK \u2013 In the Rangers\u2019 last four victories, including the team\u2019s three wins to close out the series against the Washington Capitals, the homegrown line of Chris Kreider, Derek Stepan and Jesper Fast has accounted for 11 of the team\u2019s 30 total points.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The trio came to be after Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello sustained a head injury in Game 5 of the first round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and coach Alain Vigneault was forced to switch up the lines. After initially moving Fast up to the third line, he eventually settled on putting him on the second line with Stepan and Kreider before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Saturday afternoon\u2019s 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the line accounted for the first goal of the game after Stepan knocked in a rebound from Kreider with 12.7 seconds remaining in the second period.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With time winding down in the period, Kreider fought through a pair of defenders in front of the net and came away with the loose puck. His shot hit off the skate of Lightning blueliner Andrej Sustr and landed right in front of Stepan, who buried the rebound.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It appeared Kreider knocked the stick out of the hands of Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop prior to the goal, but Stepan said he didn\u2019t know exactly what happened, and just saw that \u201Cthe puck just laid there for [Kreider], and he was able to jump on it.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The goal came after the Rangers had dominated for much of the first two periods. After two, New York had 48 shot attempts (22 on goal, 14 blocked, four missed), while Tampa Bay had 30 (19 on goal, seven blocked, 12 missed).\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stepan\u2019s goal was his second in as many games and extended his point streak to four. The alternate captain is tied for the team lead with nine points during the postseason.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI\u2019m going to keep giving credit to the two wingers. Kreids [Kreider] and Quickie [Fast] did a lot of good things today,\u201D Stepan said. \u201COn the goal they did a good job of getting in front, and Kreids jumps on a rebound and obviously able to find a fortunate bounce.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;MY TOWN, MY TEAM: Longtime fan on his love for the Lightning&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The goal was similar to Stepan\u2019s series-winning goal in overtime of Wednesday night\u2019s Game 7 victory over the Capitals, in that it came on a rebound. Stepan said it was a coincidence that both goals were in the same spot, and that he\u2019s just been \u201Ctrying to find areas that [he thinks] the puck could end up.\u201D He added &amp;nbsp;he didn\u2019t know if he\u2019s been finding more open space behind the defense, but said in the playoffs, those are the kind of goals that will make the difference in the game.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIt\u2019s how the goals are scored in the playoffs,\u201D Stepan said. \u201CYou don\u2019t see too many tic-tac-toe plays. You kind of have to get the ugly ones and that's where they\u2019re going to be scored, is that 10 feet around the net.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stepan credited Kreider and Fast for getting to those pucks that have allowed him to be in the right place to get the \u201Cfortunate bounces.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI think my two wingers have worked extremely hard,\u201D Stepan said. \u201CChris uses his speed and Jesper is just tenacious in the corners, and we\u2019ve found some good chemistry together, and we\u2019re just able to manage the game with good speed and not have too many bad turnovers.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The newest addition to the line, Fast, said he has felt more confidence since Vigneault moved him up in the rotation and trusted him with more minutes. His comfort level and confidence has helped him gel with his new linemates, but said they felt that chemistry \u201Cright away\u201D after they were cobbled together. Fast said there wasn\u2019t much of a challenge making the switch in the middle of the series because, \u201Cyou\u2019re still really trying to play your own game, so you\u2019re not trying to do anything different.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After practice on Friday, Vingneault credited Fast, saying, \u201CHe\u2019s got tremendous hockey sense, both defensively and offensively. He can read the game really well, and he works like an SOB. He works and he works and he works. He just doesn\u2019t stop, and that makes him a really effective player.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CHe's got two very young players [Kreider and Stepan] that are a little bit like him on the upswing of their careers, two guys that love being on the ice and want responsibility. So there is no doubt that since I\u2019ve put that line together, they\u2019ve been very good against other players.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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