Pens chase Shesterkin again, topple Rangers 7-2 for 3-1 lead

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    Igor Shesterkin toyed with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the regular season. The New York Rangers' goaltender even waved Sidney Crosby and company off the ice following a shutout victory in early April.

    Fast forward a month and Shesterkin's swagger is suddenly gone. So, seemingly, is the Vezina Trophy favorite's confidence. Getting pulled twice in three days while the opposing crowd chants your name as puck after puck makes its way behind you into the net will do that.

    And now the only thing Shesterkin and the Rangers are threatening to wave goodbye to is their once-promising season.

    Crosby had a goal and three assists to become just the sixth player in NHL history to reach 200 career playoff points and the Penguins chased Shesterkin off the PPG Paints Arena ice once again in a dominant 7-2 victory on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.



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