Game 6 Recap: Penguins’ lead melts away

After six games, the common thread of the Penguins and Rangers is that Pittsburgh pushes and pushes and takes a lead, but then gives it back (and more) at times due to substandard goaltending. The “two steps forward, three steps back” routine continued for the Pens on Friday as they dropped Game 6 to New York.

Minus Sidney Crosby (and Tristan Jarry...and Brian Dumoulin...and Rickard Rakell) the Penguins bravely faced their uphill climb, bolstered by a raucous home crowd at PPG Paints Arena.

The Pens finally got on the board 14:12 into the game, when Igor Shesterkin couldn’t corral a Marcus Pettersson point shot with his glove. The rebound bounced loose for Kasperi Kapanen to throw on goal and…