What a freaking play by the duo of Hayes-E.Staal. 1-0 #NYR #PITvsNYR pic.twitter.com/xti3l1xaCO
— Elite Sports NY (@EliteSportsNY) March 27, 2016
Watch this beauty of a play coming from Eric Staal and Kevin Hayes as they give their New York Rangers a quick 1-0 lead on the Penguins.
Well that didn’t take long.
Carrying over momentum from their offensive showing a night ago in Montreal – a 5-2 victory against the Canadiens – the New York Rangers start hot tonight at Madison Square Garden against Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Only 4:19 into the game, which can be seen on NBC Sports, the third line of the Rangers struck first.
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Watch above as Kevin Hayes finds Eric Staal, who uses just one hand on the stick to deflect one past Marc-Andre Fluery.
For Staal, the tally equaled his 12th of the season. The Rangers maintain a 1-0 lead midway through the first period.
UPDATE: Staal wasn’t done, not by a long-shot. Early into the second period he added this one on a nice find by Jesper Fast:
The elder Staal does it again. 2-1 #NYR at MSG. #PITvsNYR pic.twitter.com/2afJ1YBg1q
— Elite Sports NY (@EliteSportsNY) March 28, 2016
The Rangers currently hold a slim 2-1 lead with 13 minutes to go in the second period.