Henrik Lundqvist generally bounced back. It was on his successor to do the same in Game 4.
PITTSBURGH — The chants of, “Igor … Igor … Igor,” reverberated throughout the building before the puck had been dropped on Game 3. But this was not the Garden and Igor Shesterkin was hardly receiving a tribute from the crowd that packed the Penguins’ arena here on Saturday.
Of course, Lundqvist had actually been benched by then-coach Tom Renney for Game 2 of the 2006 first round against the Devils, backing up Kevin Weekes after allowing six goals in a 6-1 Game 1 defeat at the Meadowlands in the first NHL playoff contest of The King’s career.
Here’s one that is almost impossible to believe. Saturday’s match marked the sixth straight time the Rangers have lost a playoff game in which they had wiped out a three-goal deficit. It’s true. The streak tracks back to 1982 and the third game of the best-of-five first round against the Flyers in which the Blueshirts came back from down 3-0 to win 4-3 on Cam Connor’s winner at 18:51 of the third period.
That represented the fourth time Lundqvist had been pulled from a playoff match. Two nights later, the King shut out the Canadiens 1-0 at the Garden to send the Blueshirts to the Cup final. He had responded similarly earlier in the tournament, pulled from the first-round potential clinching Game 6 in Philadelphia only to record a 2-1 victory at home in the next night’s Game 7.Shesterkin entered Saturday’s match having stopped 118 of 124 shots for a .
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