![]() ![]() ![]() The Penguins took advantage as Heinen tied it with 1:09 left with a goal that wasn’t credited until the play was stopped about 25 seconds later. With the Rangers’ Ryan Strome and Pittsburgh’s Bryan Rust off for roughing, Trouba was sent off on a double-minor for high-sticking The Penguins had an extended power play late in the first period. Kreider gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead 7:36 into the game with his fifth goal of the series. Rodrigues gave Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead on a short-handed breakaway as he skated in and beat Shesterkin with a backhander with 2:36 left in the middle period. Miller tied it for the Rangers 1:05 later as his shot from the top of the left circle deflected off the right skate of Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson in front and trickled across the goal line past a diving Jarry. The goal was upheld after a video review, giving Guentzel his eighth of the series. Guentzel gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead on the power play with 9:42 left in the second as he kicked the puck up with his right skate and then swatted the puck out of the air with a backhand and in. All we can do is just work hard and do our best, stick together and good things will happen.” No matter how the game goes, whatever happens, we stick together. ![]() “We didn’t want the season to end,” Zibanejad said. Zibanejad scored on a shot from the inside edge of the left circle off a pass from Copp with 5:45 left to tie it with his third of the series - all in the last two games. Tyler Motte had a short-handed breakaway 8 1/2 minutes into the third period, but Jarry made a nice kick save on his forehand attempt to preserve Pittsburgh's 3-2 lead. New York advanced to the second round for the first time since 2017, when they lost to Ottawa. The Rangers players mobbed Panarin along the boards in the left corner as the sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd went into a frenzy. Late in the advantage, Panarin got the puck on the right side and fired a shot from the right circle past Tristan Jarry. The Rangers went on a power play 2:55 into overtime when Pittsburgh’s Brock McGinn was called for holding. That whole ‘No Quit In New York’ thing is pretty true with this group." “It's a huge win for the team, for the organization,” defenseman Jacob Trouba said. The Rangers are the first team in NHL playoff history to record three consecutive comeback wins in elimination games within the same series. Andrew Copp had two assists and Igor Shesterkin stopped 42 shots. Mika Zibanejad had a goal and two assists, and Chris Kreider and K’Andre Miller also scored for New York, which got its third straight comeback win after trailing 3-1 in the series. If we get the winning goal, it's going to be him.'' “He's the guy," Gallant said, “when it was heading into overtime, I said to myself, 'I know he's going to score if we score. Rangers coach Gerard Gallant had a feeling Panarin was going to rise to the occasion in overtime. ![]()
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