Justice is Served, Penguins Best Rangers in OT, 3-2
In what was arguably our best game since we beat the Rangers back on December 20, the Penguins overcame the Blueshirts and a dreadful no-call by the refs to win 3-2 in overtime yesterday afternoon at PPG Paints Arena.
It was a gritty, gutsy, character win. Best of all, when the Rangers shoved we shoved back.
Wielding their sticks in a cavalier fashion, the visitors took three penalties before the game was six minutes old, including overlapping high-sticking minors to Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad. The Pens made ‘em pay, with Rickard Rakell doing the honors on a bullet from the slot following a tic-tac-toe setup from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
New York scrapper Barclay Goodrow knotted the score at 11:18 following a nice bit of work down low by the Rangers’ fourth line, Jimmy Vesey in particular.
The Pens regained the lead early in the second period, thanks to yet another tally by our not-so-secret weapon, Jason Zucker. After taking a pass from Brian Dumoulin, No.