Two of Malkin’s passes helped Pittsburgh beat Rangers in NHL, Panarin missed

The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the New York Rangers for the second time this season. The duel between Evgeni Malkin and Artemy Panarin ended in a brilliant victory for Gino. Khlebushka had to watch the experienced Russian’s joy from the penalty area.

After the playoff games last year, the relationship between Pittsburgh and the Rangers reached a new level. Hockey veterans from the Penguin camp have yet to forget Artemy Panarin’s fatal extra-time goal in game seven of the series, and the trolling of Igor Shesterkin, who responded to the provocative cheers of Pence fans and therefore remained full of enthusiasm. To take revenge on the Galacticos gang from Manhattan.

In the current season, the teams have already met twice. At the end of the calendar year, the Penguins won a strong-willed victory (3:2) at home, with Evgeni Malkin directly participating in it, scoring a goal. The duo’s second victory was today. Initially, it looked like Mike Sullivan’s team would seamlessly take over the Blueshirts, but the Penguins couldn’t do without their share of tension.

From the start, Pence had the game and the numerical advantage: Rangers took up to three suspensions in the first five minutes after kick-off and played twice in 3v5. Pittsburgh confidently realized his luck. Evgeni Malkin can have a cup of coffee, think about how to score, and calmly return to Sidney Crosby without waiting for the resistance of the defenders. Captain “Pence” immediately followed up with Ricard Raquell, who “shine” Yaroslav Galak, who replaced Shesterkin.

Then, the hosts of “PJPJ Paints Arena” dominated and surpassed their guests in all important parameters: shots on goal, possession in attack, success in throw-ins. The Penguins were not even embarrassed by Barclay Goodrow’s goal in the middle of the first period – the advantage on the account was already returned at the start of the 20-minute period. But at the end of the meeting, it was time for the reality show. Gerard Gallan again shuffled all the connections, the “Guardians” and their wards began to play hard and even on the verge of foul. Thus was born a goal that seemed to get the guests out of New York.

Vincent Trochek, who was in the top three with Chris Kreidr and Patrick Kane, was seriously interrupted by Evgeni Malkin. First, Gino spent his strength on the American striker and then knocked down the Russian superscorer twice. Moreover, Trochek’s second hit on Malkin turned out to be truly arrogant and indecisive: the American hit the Russian from behind and hit him on the ice, and he dispersed the scoring counterattack that allowed the Rangers to take the game into overtime. Rule violations were not noticed by the striker “blue shirts” referees.

The Rangers players didn’t let Malkin even extend their attack, but this time the referees did not ignore Gino’s fall. The leader of the Blue Shirts, Artemy Panarin, lost his balance a bit and knitted Malkin’s legs, resulting in a two-minute penalty, leaving the team halfway.

Most overtime “Pittsburgh” sold out without difficulty. Crosby and Malkin brought in another master, Chris Letang, to shoot at close range, and he didn’t miss. With the second assist of the game, Evgeni Malkin scored his 1216 career points in the NHL championship, beating Jeremy Renick on the all-time top scorers list to move up to 46th place. Ahead are Larry Murphy (1217 points) and Jean Beliveau (1219 points). Their glorious Russians will catch up and surpass them in the next matches.

As for Panarin, Khlebushushki could have taken the title of hero of the match instead of a fatal two-minute suspension. After regular time, Russian forward “Rangers” tackled three players “Pittsburgh” with a magnificent and graceful move and created the most scoring chances. Mika Zibanejad for some reason did not complete the combination himself and passed to Vladimir Tarasenko, whose shot did not reach the goal.

3-2 – Pittsburgh slightly improved their position in the Eastern Conference standings and increased their chances of qualifying for the playoffs. “The Rangers” are still looking for the most effective ties in the attack. For a full-fledged fight for the Stanley Cup, Gallan must fix this problem as soon as possible because the championship is only a month away. Management will not understand if high-profile purchases are useless on the deadline.