In retrospect, there were many near misses that could have sent the fans home a lot earlier than 11:48 p.m., when Malkin scored the game-winner.
history and first Ranger to make more than 70 saves in a game. Shesterkin was the eighth goalie in N.H.L. That game was also the first game of a first-round series. Shesterkin fell short of the all time record for saves in a game, which was set in 2020 by Joonas Korpisalo of the Columbus Blue Jackets, who made 85 saves in a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Shesterkin, who led all goaltenders in goals against average during the regular season, stopped 79 shots, second most in a playoff game. The Rangers and Penguins combined for 151 shots on goal.
The game - the longest ever played in the current Madison Square Garden, which opened in 1968 - featured just about everything: power play goals, short handed goals, goals reversed on review, shots hitting the goal posts, a goaltender limping off the ice with an apparent injury, and near miss after near miss after near miss.
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