I think Mike Rupp's facial expression sums it up.
After a not-so-nice first period filled with sluggish legs and bad passes, the Rangers seemed to redeem themselves in the second and third. Lines looked a little better, passing was great, but those penalties... ah the penalties.
Boyle's ill-timed penalty with 2:03 left in the third put the Rangers on the PK for the last two minutes. Then came the McDonagh penalty. In OT. Yes folks, in OT. Jack Johnson put a fancy wrist shot behind Lundqvist. Thanks McD.
On the brighter side, we now found out that scoring from behind the goal line is possible. At least for Callahan it is. They call it a wrist shot. I call it impossible.
And, everyone knows I'm a HUGE Brad Richards' fan. HUGE. Like in REALLY BIG fan. Man, can he pass. I'd like to see him play blindfolded once. Just to see if he is really that dead on. Maybe he uses the force? I really don't care, as long as he passes and it doesn't take Gaborik more than a nanosecond to realize how perfectly the puck was placed on his stick.
All in all, not to shabby of a start. The key is to not take penalties. Especially in OT.
Got it McD?
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