PITTSBURGH — It might have been the Rangers’ biggest goal of 2015-16 — so far, at least. But Derick Brassard thought it might be taken away from him.
“I was like, ‘Oh, man, it’s going to be [bad] karma here,’ ” he said Saturday after the Rangers’ 4-2 victory over the Penguins.
Eighteen seconds after the Rangers had tied the score in Game 2 of the first-round playoff series, Brassard seemed to give them a 2-1 lead with a breakaway goal 12:56 into the second period.
But wait: The Penguins challenged the goal, saying Brassard was offside after receiving a long pass from J.