PITTSBURGH — Brad Richards can be understandably fussy if he’s asked a question that he feels has ulterior motives or is one that has been asked ad nauseam during one media scrum or over the course of a week or two.
After scoring a goal in the New York Rangers' 3-2 overtime victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of their conference semifinal series, Richards should have been in a good mood, but a certain topic was getting on his last nerve.
The power play.
“Really, when you win a game in overtime,” an annoyed Richards said Friday night, “the last thing I’m thinking about is what happened on the power play an hour-and-a-half ago. ... It’s going to have to come up big for us. We plan on that. We’ve got players there. Sometimes it takes on a life of its own.
“Like, right now, I’m talking 10 minutes in a row about power play. We just won Game 1 in overtime and no one’s talking about that.”
In taking that 1-0 series lead, the Rangers went 0-for-4 on the power play. Since scoring three times o ...
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