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VIDEO: Rangers' Nash springs free, beats Bishop to open scoring

Reinhold Matay / Reuters

Rick Nash doesn't score a lot of goals in the playoffs, but what he lacks in quantity he makes up for in quality.

The New York Rangers forward opened the scoring in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final on Friday late in the first period with his first goal in five games. Nash received a pass from Kevin Hayes at the Tampa Bay Lightning blue line and muscled past Cedric Paquette before cutting across the top of the crease, sliding a backhand deke underneath Ben Bishop.

Nash, who scored a career-high 42 goals during the regular season, added another in the third period for four goals on New York's postseason run and nine in 57 career playoff appearances.

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