It was all Pittsburgh in this game, as they jump all over Igor Shesterkin and the Rangers by a 7-2 final score

It looked like it might have been a long night for the Penguins when the Rangers scored on the very first shot of the game. But after that bump in the road, it was the home team that opened up the gates and ran NYR starting goalie Igor Shesterkin out of the game early for the second game in a row to emphatically take Game 4 and serious control of the series.

The Rangers struck just 2:06 in, after Jeff Carter and Mike Matheson failed to clear the zone. Braden Schneider got the puck off the wall and into space for Alexis Lafreniere to fire a hard shot past the right handed catching glove of Louis Domingue and open the scoring early.

LAFFY'S FIRST CAREER STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF GOAL IS HERE. pic.twitter.com/B0bKHVcmJ6

Later in the first, the Penguins struck on the power play. Sidney Crosby from right in front jammed the puck into the net. Igor Shesterkin did well to use his whole leg and glove go into the net and drag the puck out to obscure showing it go across the line. After a review a very close look, however, one can see Crosby shoot the puck over the line and Shesterkin bring it back out from way back in. 1-1 game.

Wasn’t even particularly close once they found the right angle pic.twitter.com/uTkEm4PYuG

Clutch goals to tie the game? It's what Sidney Crosby does. pic.twitter.com/b5EPBCkmqC

Early in the second the Penguins kept piling up the chances and took the lead. After Jeff Carter was sprung on a clean breakaway, his backhand shot beat Shesterkin but hit the post and somehow stayed out. Pittsburgh stuck with it, and a deflection in front threw the speed of the puck off what Shesterkin was expecting and fluttered over his pad and in the net to make the score 2-1.

Three assists in Game 3 and a goal (and counting) in Game 4. Mike Matheson is feeling it in Pittsburgh. pic.twitter.com/JWYXeOAD20

Sensing blood in the water, the Pens pounced on the Rangers again in the next shift and scored just 24 seconds later. Crosby makes a beautiful short touch pass to Bryan Rust. Rust makes the play to fire the puck down for Jake Guentzel charging the net and Guentzel just had to redirect it into the open net for a 3-1 lead.

Since making his NHL playoff debut in 2017, Guentzel’s 31 playoff goals are tied for third in the league with Alex Ovechkin. pic.twitter.com/KFxVhvU26O

The Pens keep pouring it on, and it’s Mark Friedman who steps up in the zone and unleashes a shot that Shesterkin somehow can’t stop. A bit of traffic in front of him, but the NHL’s vaunted best goalie is in struggle mode, and everyone can feel it. 4-1 Pens.

Mark Friedman skating right up to the Rangers fans for his celebration pic.twitter.com/tPN5ZwY44w

New York claws back towards staying competitive with a very lucky goal, Adam Fox centers the puck, it hits off the back off Matheson’s skate and jumps into the net. Good things happen when the puck gets put to the net. 4-2 Pens still lead.

Adam Fox gets the redirect off the Pens dman #NYR pic.twitter.com/V0lY0a0GQV

That bad bounce barely phases the Pens’ in their second period onslaught. With just over a minute left, Kris Letang just slings a puck on net, and Danton Heinen makes a really nice deflection on the bouncing puck and it’s in the net to make it 5-2.

A perfect redirect. A perfect moment. pic.twitter.com/cTKfvyPRKh

As if that wasn’t bad enough, the Rangers can’t get to the lockerroom without taking more damage. Carter wins a faceoff and finally scores a goal in this game when he tips in Jason Zucker’s shot.

Goals on goals on goals. Two goals for Big Jeff Carter in Game 3 and a goal in Game 4. BJC is coming up HUGE in Round 1. pic.twitter.com/t3Ntj44FDC

The third period is quiet until Kasperi Kapanen and Evgeni Malkin play a two-man game with the Rangers mainly just standing around and watching Malkin wire a backhand shot to the top shelf on Alexandar Georgiev to extend the lead to 7-2 with 7:38 left in the game.

Safe to say that the @penguins are having a whole lotta fun tonight #StanleyCup | #LetsGoPens pic.twitter.com/Ok326R6qJO

That would be it for the scoring with the Penguins taking both home games by putting up seven goals in each contest to flex their offensive muscle.

The good times are rolling in Pittsburgh. What was a 1-1 series on Saturday morning now is a resounding and emphatic 3-1 series lead. The possible put-away game is Wednesday night in Manhattan.

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