Neil Best
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted on Sept.
Give the Rangers credit for willing their way to a 4-2 victory over the Penguins Saturday in Game 2 of a first-round playoff series.
So that’s 1-1 where it counts. But the hockey cognoscenti largely is in agreement that the better team – non-goalie division – is the Pittsburghers.
There were times early in Game 2 the Penguins looked they might skate the Rangers out of the building, highlighted by a scary first power-play unit that essentially is a mini All-Star team.