NEW YORK — After the New York Rangers were shut out for the second consecutive game, the quotes from the locker room didn’t exactly sync with the outcome.
When asked if he thought the Rangers were the better team after losing 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night in Game 3 of their conference semifinal series, Mats Zuccarello didn’t hesitate: “Yes, I did.”
Once you’ve cleaned your keyboard after that spit take, take a gander at what coach Alain Vigneault thought of his team’s performance that left them trailing the best-of-seven series 2-1.
“I’m happy about our whole team tonight,” Vigneault said. “We played a real strong game.”
There’s a lot of value in possession metrics, as they can really reveal which team controlled the play in a particular game. In Game 3, the Rangers had far more shot attempts than the Penguins both overall (69-38) and at five-on-five (47-32), but sometimes those numbers do not accurately reflect what occurred on the ice.
When the game was either tied or 1-0, the Penguins ...
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