Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby hunched at center ice for the opening face-off against his Rangers counterpart, Derick Brassard, on Saturday night, and on cue came the boos that greet Crosby every time he touches the puck at Madison Square Garden.
Crosby and his fellow Penguins star Evgeni Malkin were held in check for the beginning of Game 2 of this opening-round playoff series, just as they had been throughout the Rangers’ 2-1 victory in Game 1.
But Crosby outmaneuvered Rangers defenseman Dan Boyle at 14 minutes 7 seconds of the second period, backhanding a rebound past Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, and the Penguins suddenly took their first lead of the Eastern Conference series and went on to defeat the top-seeded Rangers, 4-3.