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Sidney Crosby Leads The Pittsburgh Penguins To A Win Over The New York Rangers

04/20/2015 at 9:27am EDT

from Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun,

Add in a scarcity of scoring — and the fact that Crosby had counted just one goal in 19 post-season games prior to Saturday night — few were willing to give the Penguins a chance to advance past the opening round.

Little surprise, then, that Crosby’s two-goal effort in Saturday’s hugely significant 4-3 win at Madison Square Garden has taken a lick out of whatever self-doubt may have been eating at the team.

And with the series shifting back to the Steel City for Games 3 and 4, there is once again a glimmer of hope for the Penguins.

“Obviously we need (Crosby) to be a threat offensively and he’s been that through two games,” Pittsburgh centre Brandon Sutter said following a team meeting at the Consol Energy Center where the best-of-seven series will resume on Monday.

“He’s had the puck a lot, held on to a lot. When he has the puck down low and is spinning in the corners and making plays, that’s when he is so dominant.”

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