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Penguins push Rangers to brink of elimination
Penguins push Rangers to brink of elimination
Evgeni Malkin scored two power-play goals to lift Pittsburgh to a 5-3 win Tuesday night that stretched the Penguins' lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series to 3-0. The Rangers were 0-for-5 on the power play in this one and are 1-for-14.
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Jagr still believes -- do you?
New York Rangers Fan Blog — ... , the realists among us see how unlikely that is. We want to believe. We really do. But until this series is 3-1, we're going to be skeptical. Pushing the Rangers to the brink with relative ease, the Pens have given us no other choice. ...

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