PITTSBURGH — The Rangers are 60 minutes away from advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals. They will get their chance Friday at Madison Square Garden.
The rookie Kevin Hayes scored 3 minutes 14 seconds into overtime to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory Wednesday over the Pittsburgh Penguins and a three-games-to-one series lead.
Hayes, who missed the net on a prime chance alone in the slot in the second period, flipped a loose puck up into the net over a sprawling Marc-Andre Fleury.
Martin St. Louis began the sequence by throwing the puck into the slot, where Carl Hagelin’s attempt was stopped by Fleury.