{"id":444522,"date":"2022-05-10T07:16:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T04:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lost-rangers-dishonored-themselves-in-loss-to-penguins\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T07:16:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T04:16:26","slug":"lost-rangers-dishonored-themselves-in-loss-to-penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lost-rangers-dishonored-themselves-in-loss-to-penguins\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lost Rangers dishonored themselves in loss to Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b9ac9cabd1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b9ac9cabd1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lost-rangers-dishonored-themselves-in-loss-to-penguins\/#%E2%80%9CLost_Rangers_dishonored_themselves_in_loss_to_Penguins%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Lost Rangers dishonored themselves in loss to Penguins&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLost_Rangers_dishonored_themselves_in_loss_to_Penguins%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Lost Rangers dishonored themselves in loss to Penguins&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/larry-brooks.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Larry Brooks\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/larry-brooks.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/larry-brooks.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Rangers dishonored themselves and their season with a total eclipse of the heart in Monday\u2019s 7-2 debacle of a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> 4 defeat to the Penguins that leaves the club one loss away from ignominious extinction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is no excuse, none whatsoever, for the manner in which the team\u2019s marquee players were swept away like so much refuse in this one. They were overwhelmed in their matchups to such an extent that you wanted to turn your eyes away from the carnage, especially during Pittsburgh\u2019s five-goal second period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What was Mika Zibanejad doing? What about Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome? What about Adam Fox? Jacob Trouba? This one \u2014 and this <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u2014 is not on the young\u2019uns. This series is on the team leaders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played soft. We were soft all over the ice,\u201d said head coach Gerard Gallant, whose team was beaten in one-on-ones all night long. \u201cThat\u2019s the biggest difference. We were soft all over the ice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is no greater indictment from this coach. But it is not as if he and his staff have been innocent bystanders through this series as the Blueshirts structure has <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly been flimsier than paper-mache. Gallant called 7-2, \u201ca team effort.\u201d That includes the guys behind the bench.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers can\u2019t or won\u2019t sustain a forecheck. The Rangers can\u2019t or won\u2019t play straight-line hockey through the neutral zone, put the puck in deep and force Pittsburgh defensemen to turn and chase. Their five-man defensive game is in shambles. Their physical element, so stout at home through the opening two-game split, has evaporated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins075cs.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rangers\" class=\"wp-image-22202737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins075cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins075cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins075cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins075cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Rangers dishonored their season with their effort in Game 4.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And at the worst possible moment, playing behind some scraggly and ugly hockey, all right, Igor Shesterkin has not been able to do anything about it. With cacophonous taunts raining down on the Rangers\u2019 MVP for the second consecutive game, Shesterkin was rattled again even if he was left to fend for himself too often. What else is new?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What was new is that Shesterkin once again had trouble finding pucks in his feet and through traffic, unable to get stoppages of play as the Penguins camped out on his doorstep without a care in the world while digging for loose change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The 26-year-old was not the problem, but neither has he been a solution. Shesterkin came to Pittsburgh having allowed six goals on 124 shots in 165:39 (.952 save percentage, 2.17 GAA) in the first two games of the series. He then surrendered 10 goals on 45 shots in 59:53 in these two (.778\/10.01) after having been pulled for the second straight game for Alex Georgiev, this time after 40 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shades of Henrik Lundqvist against the Penguins in the five-game 2016 first-round defeat in which The King was pulled from both Games 4 and 5 in the series that featured Penguins\u2019 third-string goaltender Jeff Zatkoff getting the starts in the opening two matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Post Sports+ members, sign up to <i>have Mollie Walker text you the latest word on the Rangers and reply with your thoughts and questions<\/i>. Not a Sports+ member yet? Try it now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Still, Gallant said he is coming back with Shesterkin for Wednesday\u2019s Game 5 potential elimination match. The decision has been made.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best goalie in the league,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins067cs.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Penguins celebrate a third-period goal during their Game 4 win over the Rangers. \" class=\"wp-image-22202759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins067cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins067cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins067cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/20220509_RangersPenguins067cs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Penguins celebrate a third-period goal during their Game 4 win over the Rangers. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three of the Penguins\u2019 five goals in the second period that extended the score from 1-1 after 20 to 6-2 after came off deflections. Two came off direct defensive-zone faceoff losses, one by Zibanejad, the other by Filip Chytil. One of the goals was scored when Ryan Strome failed to clear the zone and the team neglected to cover the middle of the ice. What else is new?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers are bleeding shots again, back to where they were through much of the season. Worse, they <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to have lost their poise. They were unhinged and unwatchable much of the night, allowing the Penguins to score twice within 24 seconds early in the second period and then twice within 35 seconds late. This was just hysterical play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zibanejad, who has not scored a goal, is taking a hellacious beating in his match with Sidney Crosby. It is difficult to watch this proud Swede having such a difficult time of it in the wake of a season when No. 93 reasserted himself as a member of the league\u2019s upper echelon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Panarin-Strome connection has gone haywire. Both have been eliminated. The Zibanejad-Chris Kreider connection has short-circuited. The Blueshirts have allowed twice as many power-play goals as they have scored.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their great strengths, their calling cards through the season, they have turned to ashes here. They have been able to do nothing \u2014 nothing \u2014 to shake the confidence of third-string goaltender Louis Domingue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Blueshirts were outworked in Games 3 and 4. They were out-thought in Games 3 and 4. They were humiliated in Game 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If this is what the playoffs were going to be, they could have just picked up their participation trophies at the end of Game 82 and saved everyone from all this trouble.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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