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No Hangover For Pens, Who Steamroll Blueshirts In Opener




Bill Guerin puts everything behind a wrister that seals the deal for the Penguins.

New York, NY--Although the Rangers put up two scores in their opener, a late game breakthrough by the Penguins proved they are not a one-hit wonder.

Although no one scored in the first, the Penguins clearly were off to the better start. This proved evident early in the second, as Chris Kunitz provided the first goal of the season forty-five seconds in. Ruslan Fedotenko added to the lead before Vaclav Prospal knocked in a beauty off of Marian Gaborik's first ever Ranger assist. Donald Brashear won his first fight in a Ranger's uniform, beating down Ted Kennedy at the end of hte second.

Gaborik also drew a penalty shot in the middle of the third, but the hot Marc-Andre Fleury stopped him cold on the backhander. Lundqvist's performance was shoddy at best, giving up a garbage goal to Pascal Dupuis to effectively put them out of reach, and letting in a softie shot from the circle by Bill Guerin. Trying to salvage something, Drury scored with about ten seconds left, but the Rangers fell, 4-2.

Word on the street is that Andrew Dellapina has been looking at adding a veteran winger to his staff to add goals, something the team seems to be striving for. We'll see if the defense can tighten up and the offense can open up and utilize their talent to beat some of their easier opponents.

Donald Brashear challenges Ted Kennedy to a battle, and emerges victorious.

Period	Team	Time	Goal-Scorer	Assist 1	Assist 2	Other Info
2	PIT	0:45	C. Kunitz	S. Crosby	S. Gonchar	-
2	PIT	5:53	R. Fedotenko	P. Dupuis	E. Malkin	-
2	NYR	11:30	V. Prospal	M. Gaborik	M. Rozsival	-
3	PIT	17:23	B. Guerin	C. Kunitz	S. Crosby	-
3	PIT	19:00	P. Dupuis	R. Fedotenko	-	-
3	NYR	19:42	C. Drury	M. Staal	D. Girardi	-

Period	Team	Time	Player	Penalty	Severity
1	NYR	16:58	D. Girardi	Tripping	Minor
2	PIT	19:55	T. Kennedy	Fighting	Major
2	NYR	19:5	D. Brashear	Fighting	Major

Marian Gaborik assists on Vaclav Prospal's goal, the first of the season for New York.



Rangers Record: 0-1-0; 7th in the Eastern Conference