After an exciting Game 3, the Penguins were going to do their best to refine that effort and have a better Game 4. Lafrenière put a damper on the fans’ good moods by scoring just over two minutes into the game. However, Sidney Crosby had an answer. After a lengthy review, it was determined that the captain did indeed get the puck the entire way over the goal line to time things up. This goal marked Crosby’s 28th career point against the Rangers in the playoffs, tying Jean Beliveau for the most against NYR in NHL history. In the middle period, Mike Matheson launched a shot that got behind Shesterkin, which gave the Penguins defenseman his first career playoff goal. Jake Guentzel continued his wild scoring pace, putting the puck in the net just 24 seconds after Matheson. Since making his NHL playoff debut in 2017, Guentzel’s 31 playoff goals are tied for third in the league with Alex Ovechkin. Also, Guentzel became the first player in Penguins history to score at least one goal in each of the franchise’s first four playoff games of a season. Also on that Guentzel goal, Sidney Crosby became just the 6th player in NHL history to reach 200 playoff points. Mark Friedman then earned his first goal of the playoffs with a shot from up high to increase Pittsburgh’s lead to 4-1. Fox got one back for the Rangers, but Danton Heinen, Game 3 hero, notched his second tally of the playoffs, making it 5-2 in favor of the home team. Jeff Carter’s deflection with just 32 seconds left in the period made it 6-2 heading into the intermission. The Penguins five 2nd period goals in this game tied four other playoff periods for second-most goals in a playoff period. Evgeni Malkin netted the lone goal of the 3rd period after generating a takeaway, passing to Kasperi Kapanen (who made a nice move and pass back to Malkin), and burying it. This was Malkin’s 66th career playoff tally, passing Jaromir Jagr for the third-most playoff goals in Penguins history. With the victory, Mike Sullivan has won 44 playoff games with the Penguins, making him the winningest Penguins coach of all time in the playoffs. Sidney Crosby (1G-2A) has recorded multiple points in four-straight games to begin the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, marking the fifth time a Penguins player has accomplished such a feat in team history.
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