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 PITTSBURGH (AP) - Martin Straka's tenacious defense led to some timely offense. Straka followed up a strong backchecking effort that prevented a breakaway, scoring with 2.2 seconds left in overtime to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.
"It was a great effort by Marty," Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist said. "He did it all."
The play began at the New York blue line, where Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin needed to beat only Straka — a forward who had his back turned — for a breakaway. But Straka stripped Malkin of the puck and spun to head the other way.
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