Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the author The New York Rangers equalized the score in the NHL playoff series with the Pittsburgh Penguins, winning a landslide victory at home. The main heroes of the meeting were the Russians Artemy Panarin and Igor Shesterkin, who continue to rewrite history. status quo, so as not to lose all chances on the road in Pittsburgh. In addition to the fact that the first game took a lot of strength from the teams, they also missed several important players. So, the “Rangers” lost one of the key forwards Barclay Goodrow, whose state of health has not yet been assessed by doctors of the “blue shirts” publicly, and defender Ryan Lindgren. Infirmary, “Pittsburgh” also replenished the goaltender Casey Smith and defender Brian Dumoulin. Despite the loss and 106 minutes of playing time in the first meeting, in the second match, both teams looked very energetic. For two, the Rangers and Penguins made more than 80 shots on target and essentially stopped playing only in the end, when the result was clear. By the middle of the third period, the owners of the famous Madison Square Garden arena were leading 5:2, surpassing Pittsburgh in the implementation of scoring (and not so) chances, and even Mike Sullivan's decision to release the gate for the sixth field did not help the guests in five minutes until the final siren.
