For the most part, it wasn’t a pretty game, but the New York Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Wednesday night. We heard Pierre McGuire talk ad nauseam in Game Two about the Penguins willingness to play a gritty chip, chase, and check game. Well, in Game Three the Rangers proved that they can win a gritty game as well.
For all the talk about the Rangers speed and their stretch passes, people can forget that the Rangers have a lot of players left over from the John Tortorella grit-and-grind teams.