In seven NHL seasons, Evan Rodrigues had yet to score a playoff goal heading into Saturday.
In fact, because he spent five years of his seven-season NHL career in Buffalo, he had never before played in a postseason before he joined the Penguins in 2021.
Rodrigues broke that drought in spectacular fashion when he scored twice in under five minutes to help Pittsburgh surge out to a 4-1 lead in the first period of Game 3.
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Rodrigues nets PPG
NYR@PIT, Gm3: Rodrigues scores PPG after board bounce
R1, Gm3: Evan Rodrigues plays a Jeff Carter shot that caroms off the boards and pops out to him and scores on a power play to make it 3-1
- May 7, 2022 • 00:52
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Rodrigues is not the only player who made his first postseason impact on the Penguins Saturday:
- Brock McGinn has contributed to a few Carolina Hurricanes playoff runs (he scored twice and provided four assists in 15 playoff games in 2019, then scored three goals when the Hurricanes went to Round 2 in 2020).