At first the ice seemed tilted four-time All-Star goalie Henrik Lundqvist in one net and Jeff Zatkoff, a third-stringer with 29 NHL starts to his name and given the surprise nod Wednesday, in the other.
It didn't take long for the tables to turn.
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Lundqvist made an early exit from Game 1 of Rangers-Penguins Eastern Conference series when his own defenseman, Marc Staal, inadvertently poked his stick through the facemask of the Rangers goalie, hitting his right eye.