Kreider put the Rangers back ahead with a short-handed goal as skated in and beat DeSmith from the right side with 2:53 remaining in the middle period. “From the second period on, we played extremely well.” “I thought our guys competed hard, they weathered the storm early in the game,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. His sixth career multi-goal game in the playoffs gave him 28 goals in 52 postseason games. Guentzel tied it with 8:13 remaining as he got another pass from Crosby and beat Shesterkin from the right side. It was his 27th career playoff goal in his 52nd game. Guentzel pulled the Penguins within one as he tipped Crosby’s pass in front past Shesterkin at 4:32. However, the Rangers took advantage of one of their chances as Copp got a pass from Strome and fired a slap shot from between the circles to make it 2-0 at 3:08. However, the Penguins challenged and officials ruled Kaapo Kakko interfered with DeSmith when he drove to the net and bumped into the goalie.Īfter getting outplayed in the first period, the Penguins came out strong in the second, outshooting the Rangers 17-3 over the first 10 minutes, and 25-8 for the period. The Rangers had a go-ahead goal disallowed when Filip Chytil appeared to score with 3:10 left. It drew chants of “I-gor! I-gor!” from the Madison Square Garden crowd. Shesterkin made a sensational save on a shot by Kasperi Kapanen, snatching the puck out of the air while going down and doing a split with 5:08 left in the third, keeping it tied 3. Guentzel had the best chance of the period, hitting a crossbar behind Shesterkin with 2:42 remaining. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 12-9 in the first extra period. “But it's something you prepare for as a backup. “It was a lot coming at me fast,” said Domingue, who appeared in only two games during the season. He was replaced by Domingue, who had 14 saves in the period as the Rangers built a 19-17 advantage on shots. Rust also had a shot off the post with 2:36 remaining in the period.ĭeSmith left the ice during a stoppage in play near the midpoint of the second overtime, appearing to favor a leg at 9:18. Shesterkin had a nice stick save on Rust 7:38 into the second overtime. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is Thursday night in New York before shifting to Pittsburgh for two games. A lot of gutsy efforts by a lot of guys, unfortunately just came out on the wrong side of a 4-3 triple overtime great hockey game.” 'I thought we played a good game - a lot of guys battled really hard. “He’s our best player and showed it again tonight,' the Rangers' Ryan Strome said of Shesterkin. Shesterkin finished with 79 saves, second to the NHL record of 85 saves by Columbus' Joonas Korpisalo in the 2020 playoffs. DeSmith had 48 saves before leaving.Ĭhris Kreider had a goal and an assist, and Adam Fox and Andrew Copp also scored for the Rangers. Jake Guentzel scored twice and Rust and Sidney Crosby each had two assists for the Penguins. “We know we can win every game if we play right, we play smart, we play hard,” said Malkin who also had an assist on Bryan Rust’s tying goal late in the second period. On the winning goal, Malkin was positioned in front of the net when he tipped a long shot by John Marino over Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin. I honestly thought they were joking with me - they were saying I had to go in. “I know both of the referees that were there, Jonny Murray and Frederick L'Ecuyer, both French guys. “I saw him go to the bench and I wasn't sure why they blew the whistle,” Domingue said of DeSmith, who left with what the Penguins said was a lower-body injury. NEW YORK - Louis Domingue didn't know what to think when he saw teammate and starting goalie Casey DeSmith skate to the bench midway through the second overtime period.ĭomingue stepped in and made 17 saves, and Evgeni Malkin scored on a deflection 5:58 into the third overtime, giving the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night. NHL, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins Malkin's tip lifts Penguins past Rangers in 3OTs in Game 1

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