It started really well for the Rangers and maybe that was part of the problem. Snakebitten and struggling star Mika Zibanejad scored a highlight reel goal that was shades of Mika Magic from last season.
The Blueshirts were humming and then went flat on their first power play. Things changed quickly when the Penguins were given one that the Rangers killed off but were let down by Alexandar Georgiev just two seconds after it expired.
Rangers vs Penguins: 61 seconds was all it took
There’s a fine line to winning and losing in the NHL. That’s probably even more obvious in this COVID shortened season where the entire schedule is divisional games.