Highlights and lowlights from the Rangers’ 3-2 overtime loss to the Panthers on Tuesday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final:
1. Sam Reinhart
Reinhart’s goal in overtime sent the series back to New York tied at two after a classic set of games in Florida.
Sam Reinhart celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in the Rangers’ 3-2 overtime loss to the Panthers in Game 4. Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports2. Igor Shesterkin
The Rangers got what might have been their netminder’s best performance of the series as Shesterkin stopped a slew of high-danger chances in the second half of this game to keep his team in it.
3. Sam Bennett
The Panthers’ chief instigator had his fingerprints all over this one, scoring the tying goal in the second period and playing up the ice all night.
Key stat
8: Consecutive scoreless power plays in a row by the Rangers to begin the series until Vincent Trocheck’s tally in the first period of Game 4.
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Quote of the Day
“We can’t afford to have lapses like that. I don’t have an explanation.
— Peter Laviolette on the Rangers’ drop off after the first period.
