GAME RECAP: Penguins vs. Rangers, Game 1 () | Triple Overtime Thriller

The time has come to compete for the chance to raise the greatest trophy in sports once again. The Penguins started off under enormous pressure from the Rangers. Eventually, that pressure paid off, as Fox was able to get a shot by Penguins’ netminder Casey DeSmith in his playoffs debut. Copp scored one early in the 2nd to increase New York’s lead to 2-0. Shortly after, however, Jake Guentzel struck for his first of the game. A little over seven minutes after that, Guentzel added his second tally of the contest, knotting things up, 2-2. With his assist on Guentzel’s second goal, Sidney Crosby passed Jaromir Jagr and tied Sergei Fedorov for the eighth-most playoff assists in NHL history (124). Kreider, who also had a fantastic regular season, got the Rangers the lead once again, but with under two minutes left in the period, Bryan Rust banged one in on the power play. Things would remain that way for... quite some time. In that 2nd period, the Penguins registered 25 shots on goal, which is the most