MOSCOW, May 16 New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins» in the seventh match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) and made it to the second stage of the Stanley Cup. The meeting, which took place in New York, ended with the victory of the Rangers in overtime — 4:3 (1:1, 1:2, 1:0, 1:0). As part of the hosts, goals in regular time were scored by Chris Kreider (8th minute), K'Andre Miller (32) and Mika Zibanejad (55). At Pittsburgh, goals were scored by Danton Heinen (19), Jake Gunzel (31) and Evan Rodriguez (38). The Russian Rangers forward Artemiy Panarin (65) scored the winning goal in overtime and was named the first star of the meeting. Russian Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin saved 42 of 45 shots. one power reception. The score in the best-of-four series was 4-3 in favor of the Rangers, who advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs, where they will meet with the Carolina Hurricanes.
