The Rangers and Penguins have been elbowing each other all season long, and now they’ll meet in the first round of the playoffs.
The Rangers and Penguins have been elbowing each other in the Metropolitan Division standings all season long, and now they’ll meet in the first round of the playoffs.
So it’ll be the budding-but-unseasoned Rangers against the veteran-but-abating Penguins. Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby versus New York star Artemi Panarin. The Rangers’ top-five power play against the Penguins’ top-five penalty kill.NHLI via Getty ImagesOh, and the two teams have already played each other three times in the last two months.
The Rangers, who dressed all of their regulars except for the injured Artemi Panarin and Andrew Copp, were able to take advantage of a Capitals squad with some holes in its lineup.After a scoreless first period, the Rangers got on the board first when Filip Chytil squeaked one by Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov roughly 3 1/2 minutes into the middle frame. However, Washington answered just 35 seconds later on Justin Schultz’s fourth goal of the season.
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