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With 17:05 remaining, Pittsburgh's Brock McGinn was called for
holding on K'Andre Miller after losing the puck to the
defenseman.
As time wound down on the man advantage, Panarin got a cross-ice
pass from defenseman Adam Fox and lifted a wrist shot from the
upper part of the left circle past goalie Tristan Jarry's glove.
Panarin's second career overtime playoff goal sent the Rangers
into the second round against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Rangers won the final three games after being down 3-1,
marking their third comeback in team history from such a deficit
and second against the Penguins. New York also became the first
team in playoff history to record three straight comeback wins
in elimination games within the same series.
Mika Zibanejad scored the tying goal with 5:45 in regulation and
won a faceoff from Teddy Blueger that ultimately led to
Panarin's game-winner.
New York's Igor Shesterkin made 42 saves.
Evan Rodrigues scored a shorthanded goal and Jake Guentzel and
Danton Heinen scored power-play goals for Pittsburgh, which got
Sidney Crosby back from an upper body injury.
Jarry made 26 saves in his return from a broken foot.
After Rodrigues flipped a backhander over Shesterkin with 2:36
remaining in the second, Zibanejad forged a 3-3 tie when his
wrist shot from near the right faceoff circle sailed over
Jarry's shoulder. It came after Andrew Copp kept the puck alive
in the right corner.
The teams traded goals in a span of 65 seconds midway through
the second. Guentzel gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead with 9:42
remaining when he batted the puck over Shesterkin after
corralling the rebound of Bryan Rust's shot at the right
doorstep. Guentzel was originally credited with a goal and
following a lengthy review with replay officials in Toronto, the
call stood.
New York tied the game with 8:37 remaining when Miller's blast
from the right point caromed off Pittsburgh defenseman Mike
Matheson's stick and into the net.
Chris Kreider opened the scoring 7:36 in when he finished off a
2-on-1 with Zibanejad by lifting a slap shot from the right side
over Jarry moments after New York defenseman Braden Schneider
forced a neutral zone turnover.
The Penguins tied the game with 69 seconds left in the first
when Heinen chipped the puck from the left side across the goal
line. It came just before Fox could sweep the puck away after
Jeff Carter's pass deflected off Ryan Lindgren's stick.
--Field Level Media
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