NYR rallies to beat Pens

PITTSBURGH

Ryan Callahan’s overtime winner took away some of Henrik Lundqvist’s anger over blowing a late lead.

Callahan scored 3:38 into overtime and the New York Rangers won their third consecutive game, scoring twice over the final 5:04 to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Monday night.

Callahan tapped in a perfect feed from Brandon Dubinsky on a 2-on-1 break for his fifth of the season and first in seven games. Dubinsky, who also assisted on Marc Staal’s tying, short-handed goal with 1:26 left in regulation, made a nice move to get around defenseman Paul Martin before setting up Callahan.

“It was an amazing play by Dubie to draw the defenseman to slide, pull around him, freeze [goalie Marc-Andre Fleury],” Callahan said. “I think that was the easiest goal I’ve ever scored.”

Pittsburgh’s Chris Kunitz and Matt Cooke scored 38 seconds apart in the final 2:31 of regulation, turning what could have been Lundqvist’s third shutout in six starts into a potential loss and causing the veteran Swedish goaltender to break his stick on the crossbar in disgust.

Lundqvist was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct for slamming his stick.

“I’m still angry — even though we scored,” said Lundqvist, referring in part to the fact the Penguins were given three third-period power plays and the Rangers didn’t have any in the game. “But it’s hockey. Things happened so fast, everything changed. I’ve got to stay cooler, obviously, but it felt like they got another chance after chance to get back in the game. I felt like it wasn’t fair, but the game is over.”