We finally got to welcome William Joseph Ashmore into the world yesterday morning. He is absolutely perfect, and his mother is a total rockstar after a lengthy failed induction process and C section after. Everyone’s doing well. Keeping that redhead pride going :)

Must say…I really appreciate the MSG Rangers broadcast at least making you feel like they’re telling it how it is. Isn’t a homer-fest, complaining about soft calls, making excuses, etc. like you see elsewhere in the league.

RT @NYP_Brooksie: Garand has been recalled from Hartford because, as we have learned, Shesterkin sustained an upper body injury last night…

Surely this will help this all die down.

Worked the Pittsburgh side tonight — might dabble with something tacked on to a 4 Nations story before I head up to Montreal on Monday. I see the NYR presser was…short and to the point.

Soon as the Rangers won the draw, Igor was off to the bench…they trail 3-2 late.

And another late power play for the Rangers, this one with 2:36 left. Certainly getting their chances to tie this up…

Rangers draw a power play down 3-2 with 6:15 left...Joseph cross check of Vesey in front of the Penguins net is called interference. Iffy call late in a one goal game.

@GaryMalpeli And the Toews thing...honestly, at the time, that wasn't even that, that bad. Looks worse now than it did then. As you said, hands were tied.

@GaryMalpeli The "I don't have time to go through them all right now" version of that answer is I think that's more reflective of some bad contracts he's handed out than bad trades. But I don't think he's undefeated on the trade market with the Isles, either. Some good, some bad.

No shifts for Matt Rempe thus far in the third, which is now over eight minutes in.

Lafreniere sat for 8:10 after the soft backcheck/lack of change on Rakell's GTG. First shift since starts now. It'll be a short one. Reilly Smith heads off on a trip.

For those who can read lips, Peter Laviolette rather unhappy with the non-call earlier. Had a pretty one-sided discussion with the official here prior to play resuming.

Other goalie just wanted to watch from the other end, eh? Get in there.

Tomasino. PPG. 3-2. Feels like this one's starting to get away from the Rangers. Lot of hockey left, 8:01 to go in P2, but you can feel this place sinking a bit after those two goals.

Larry David in the house tonight.

Rickard Rakell gets lost behind Lafreniere and beats Shesterkin. We're tied 2-2. 10:53 left P2. Not sure what 13 in blue is doing there. Got caught watching on the backcheck.

Boko Imama headed to the locker room for Pittsburgh, didn't see what happened there.

Adam Fox gets it right back. Waits out Nedeljkovic from the right circle, beats him far side. 2-1, Rangers, 16:21 left, P2. Might be Fox's first non-empty net, non-weird bounce off a stick goal all year.

Rempe giveaway leads to it going the other way...that probably shouldn't end up in the back of the net regardless, but that's a rough one for 73.