from Brett Cyrgalis of the New York Post,

No, it’s not over. But damn if this didn’t feel like a funeral.

The Rangers were absolutely blown off the Garden ice Thursday night, losing Game 4 of their first-round playoff series to the Penguins by a score of 5-0 that hardly indicated how badly they were outplayed.

The loss put the Blueshirts on the brink of elimination, down 3-1 in this best-of-seven contest with a do-or-die Game 5 in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

The scene was summarized well by the image of Henrik Lundqvist sitting, sulking, shaking his head in disgust at the end of the Rangers’ bench, the franchise netminder having been pulled 6:04 into the second period after giving up four goals on 18 shots.

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