The Penguins had to deal with more adversity and missing players in Game 2 against the Rangers. As expected, absent were Rickard Rakell and Casey DeSmith, who were injured in the first game. Brian Dumoulin joined them, despite taking practice yesterday, with a lower body injury that forced him to miss his first ever NHL playoff game. It also wasn’t time for Jason Zucker to return.
With that depleted lineup and on the road against a quality New York team, it felt like an uphill battle from the get-go. That hill got a little steeper when the Rangers opened the scoring 6:10 into the first period.