
Rangers’ offense, power play come to life in victory over Penguins
NY Post
PITTSBURGH — Ah, there it is.
There is the Rangers’ power play that they so desperately need and had gone missing in recent games. And there is the Artemi Panarin, who had been mired in a scoring slump, that fans had become accustomed to.
It was like the Rangers were insulted whenever the Penguins scored.
They stormed to life and kicked into high gear nearly every time Pittsburgh put the puck in their net, quickly answering with fierce — and pretty — offensive flurries en route to a 7-4 barn-burner win Saturday afternoon at PPG Paints Arena.
The Rangers improved to 44-19-4, leading the Metropolitan Division with 92 points.
And boy, was their passing beautiful. Perhaps the best of the season.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












