Being here at the Garden today and listening to players on both sides, you can tell they know how close they are to the finals.

"Some guys in this room may never get a chance to get this far," said Bolts captain Steven Stamkos. Stamkos says the Bolts have to use, how close they are to the Finals, to maybe motivate them. Give'em that extra spark.

You could tell of the quiet tension in the dressing room after the morning skate. After all the cuts, bruises, bleeding and so much hard work, all either team needs is two more wins. Just two.

"I'm at the stage of my career where I just wanna win the Cup," said Rangers defenseman Dan Boyle and former Bolt. "I just wanna win so badly, irregardless of who we're playing.

Marty St. Louis told me the same thing today. 

"There's gonna be momentum shifts, surges by both teams, when the Lightning have it, we have to get it back," said St. Louis. He's not really trying to do better, he says because it's the Lightning.

Rock Notes: Bolts Jon Cooper says Ryan Callahan will score tonight, because Callahan gets up for big games.

Bolts stayed together as a team last night just hanging out in the team Hotel.

Lotta Rangers posters and signs in Manhattan storefronts.

Oh, took a walk after midnight last night and it was if it was 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Little kids, families all out and about.

NYC really is the city that never sleeps.