The New York Rangers lose to the Penguins, 5-4, in overtime despite Lundqvist’s 50 saves
On Thursday night, Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist’s career-high 50 saves weren’t enough to defeat the Penguins in the Rangers’ first home game since the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. They fell to the Penguins, 5-4, on Evgeni Malkin’s overtime goal. Photos by Avi Gerver, ©Madison Square Garden, Inc.
Rangers captain Chris Drury, who won the silver medal earlier in the week with Team USA in the Olympics, scores a goal from his knees against Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who won gold with Team Canada:
Olli Jokinen, who won a bronze medal with Team Finland, checks a Penguins player into the boards:
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, who scored the game-winning and gold-winning goal for Team Canada against Team USA, handles the puck with New York’s Marc Staal close behind:
Referees and the Rangers’ Brandon Dubinsky try to break up a brawl involving teammate Jody Shelley and Penguins players Evgeni Malkin and Ruslan Fedotenko:
Sidney Crosby steps into the penalty box after a high-sticking call:
Pittsburgh’s Brooks Orpik, a silver medal winner with Team USA in the Olympics, checks
New York’s Enver Lisin into the boards:
This is me in between periods listening for the click of my in-goal camera to make sure it’s still firing:
Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist makes his career-high 50th save of the game, in overtime, while brothers Marc (#18) and Jordan Staal (#11) look on. They have another brother, Eric, who plays for the Carolina Hurricanes.
The puck zips past Henrik Lundqvist on an overtime slapshot by the Penguins’
Evgeni Malkin, which was tipped in by Jordan Staal before hitting the plexiglass housing of my in-goal camera:
Henrik Lundqvist kneels in the crease while in the distance the Penguins stream off the bench to celebrate their overtime win over the Rangers: