PITTSBURGH: The best line on hockey’s busiest team hardly looked gassed.
The way Derick Brassard and Benoit Pouliot were furiously pouring in overtime goals.
The New York Rangers didn’t exactly look like a group in need of a day off.
Brassard beat Marc-Andre Fleury 3:06 into overtime - with Pouliot bizarrely doing the same seven seconds later -
and the Rangers stunned the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals yesterday night.
The winner officially went to Brassard, whose wrist shot from in front beat Fleury cleanly but caromed back onto the ice. Referee Steve Kozari waved it off, however, and play continued before Pouliot slammed the puck into a wide open net moments.
“ I found out way later (Brassard) got the goal,” Pouliot said.” Good for him. We’ve been playing well against Philly and now tonight.AGENCIES
