Artemi Panarin scored on the power play to send the Rangers to a second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes after they had faced a three-games-to-one deficit.
Time was running out on a season of unexpected success for the Rangers. They were losing by a goal and the anxiety was rising at Madison Square Garden. A terrific run seemed to be over.
But all season long, including in the previous two games of the playoffs, the Rangers found a way to claw back to win, and on Sunday they did it when it mattered most, in the most dramatic fashion.