Logic says you cannot win a seven-game series in Game 1. But it sure feels like the Penguins may have done it.
Evgeni Malkin’s deflection got past Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin six minutes into the third overtime period Tuesday night, lifting Pittsburgh to a 4-3 win in an epic opening game of the Eastern Conference first round.
It was a brutal loss for the Blueshirts. They blew a two-goal lead in the second period, the go-ahead goal was controversially waved off with three minutes to go in regulation and the Rangers squandered a brilliant 79-save performance by Shesterkin.