Blueshirt Breakdown: NYR 3 vs. PIT 4 - Game 1

LATE NIGHT - The Rangers played in their eighth triple overtime game in franchise history and first since Game 3 of the 2012 Conference Semifinals against Washington. It was the longest game in the history of the modern Madison Square Garden, surpassing Game 6 of the 1971 Stanley Cup Semi-Final vs. Chicago.
SHOOTING GALLERY - The Rangers recorded 68 shots on goal, their most in franchise history.
BACK AGAIN - Tonight was the Rangers' first playoff game at Madison Square Garden since May 9, 2017 (Ottawa - Second Round).
YOU NEW HERE? - Excluding 2020, nine Rangers made their playoff debut tonight (Shesterkin, Fox, Lindgren, Chytil, Kakko, Miller, Schneider, Kevin Rooney, Lafrenière).
SQUAD GOALS - With three goals tonight, the Rangers have scored three or more goals in their last four games against the Penguins and have combined for 34 goals in their last 11 contests against them, including the regular season.
SHORTY - Chris Kreider's shorthanded goal was the Rangers' 55th all-time shorthanded goal in the playoffs.

• Igor Shesterkin made 79 saves on 83 shots, the second most saves in NHL history behind Joonas Korpisalo (CBJ) on August 11, 2020 against Tampa Bay. His save total surpassed the 56 saves from Gump Worsley (April 5, 1962) for the most in franchise history.
  -Chris Kreider scored his first career playoff shorthanded goal a part of his seventh career multi-point playoff game (1G-1A). Kreider's shorthanded goal was his 30th special-team tally of 2021-22 (regular season and playoffs combined) - the highest combined total in a season since Eric Staal had 30 with the Hurricanes in 2005-06 en route to a Stanley Cup win. Kreider scored his 53rd combined goal of the season. Only three players in Rangers history recorded a higher combined total in a single campaign: Adam Graves (62 in 1993-94), Vic Hadfield (57 in 1971-72) and Jaromir Jagr (54 in 2005-06). Kreider's goal, his 25th, surpassed Steve Vickers for the sixth most playoff goals in franchise history. Kreider's 41 career playoff points rank tied for 15th in Rangers history.
  - K'Andre Miller led the Rangers with 45:08 minutes of time on ice, the third highest TOI in franchise history behind Ryan McDonagh (53:17) and Marc Staal (49:34) - both on May 2, 2012 at Washington.
  - Mika Zibanejad notched two assists for his fourth career playoff multi-assist effort and first since April 29, 2017 against Ottawa. Zibanejad has 20 career playoff points (5G-15A).
  - Adam Fox opened the scoring for New York with his first career playoff goal/point. It marked the ninth time in franchise history that a defenseman scored the team's first goal of the postseason and the first since Matt Gilroy in Game 1 of the 2011 Conference Quarterfinals. Fox became the third reigning James Norris Memorial Trophy winner to contest at least one playoff game with the Rangers, following Doug Harvey (1961-62 Norris; 0-1-1 in 1963 SCP, 6 GP) and Harry Howell (1966-67 Norris; 1-0-1 in 1968 SCP, 6 GP). Fox (Jericho, N.Y.) became the fourth New York-born player in franchise history to score a playoff goal for the Rangers, following Ryan Callahan (14 G), Brian Mullen (2 G) and Matt Gilroy (1 G).
  - Andrew Coppscored his fourth career playoff goal, giving him a combined nine goals and 10 assists for 19 points in 17 total games with New York. Copp is appearing in the playoffs for a fifth-straight season after spending the last four playoff seasons with Winnipeg.
  - Ryan Strometallied an assist, giving him three goals and eight assists for 11 points in 19 career playoff games between the Islanders and Rangers. Strome led the Rangers with eight shots on goal, tied for his career-high in regular season and playoffs.
  - Jacob Trouba notched his sixth career playoff assist and second as a Ranger.