Behind third-string goaltender Jeff Zatkoff and Patric Hornqvist's hat trick and one assist, the Pittsburgh Penguins continued their scorching-hot play from the regular season to defeat the New York Rangers 5-2 at CONSOL Energy Center in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference's first round on Wednesday night. Dating back to the regular season, the Penguins have won 16 of their past 18 games.
It was bad enough that the Rangers dropped their postseason opener, but they also lost star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist to an eye injury after one period of play. Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault told Tom Gulitti that he will be "day to day.