The New York Rangers put forth their best effort of the Eastern Conference second round to take Game 5 and stave off elimination. The Blueshirts hope to stay alive once again when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins in Sundays Game 6 battle at Madison Square Garden. New York recorded a 5-1 victory Friday evening in Pittsburgh to cut its series deficit to 3-2. It was the first win for the Rangers since they claimed Game 1 in the Steel City by a 3-2 score in overtime. In order to extend this best-of-seven set to a decisive seventh game, however, New York will have to pick up its first home victory of the series. The Rangers lost Games 3 and 4 at MSG to the Pens and were outscored by a combined 6-2 margin in those contests. New York is 3-3 on home ice in this postseason, but has won its last five games at the Garden when facing elimination. The Rangers are 8-2 over their last 10 elimination games overall. The Rangers hope to build off Fridays emotional victory in Pittsburgh. Perhaps drawing additional inspiration from the presence of forward Martin St. Louis, who returned to the team one day after his mother, France, suddenly passed away in his native Quebec, the Rangers sense of urgency was evident right from the start in Game 5. St. Louis registered just one shot on goal in 16-plus minutes of ice time, but his participation in the game was enough to inspire his teammates. "We played for Marty and his family," said Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. "Thats the thing we had going for us." It expects to be another emotional night on Sunday, as St. Louis sister and father expect to be in attendance at MSG. New York outshot the Penguins 10-3 over the games opening 10 minutes and peppered Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury with 17 chances while jumping out to a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period. After mustering a mere two goals over three straight losses in their Eastern Conference semifinal series, the Rangers scored four over the first two periods en route to the blowout victory. Derick Brassard led the charge with a pair of goals and an assist, with Mats Zuccarello lending three helpers to support a 31-save effort from Lundqvist. Ryan McDonagh and Chris Kreider each added a goal and an assist, while Kevin Klein tacked on an empty-net tally to finish off the rout. "We needed to step up tonight," said Brassard. "I dont think the last two games ... we were OK. We didnt play bad but we were nothing special. We just tried to play hard today. We had some lucky bounces and we made some plays." Kreider, playing for just the second time in this postseason after missing time with a broken hand, began New Yorks outburst by putting home a long rebound of a McDonagh shot with the Rangers on the power play midway through the first period. The goal snapped an 0-for-36 drought with the man advantage for New York, tied with the 2007 Anaheim Ducks for the longest in NHL playoff history. The Rangers finished the night 2-for-3 on the power play and is 5-for-47 with the man advantage in this postseason. "I think weve been doing some things well on the power play," Kreider said. "Its hard when you see that looming statistic. But its nice when you finally get one. I think it was huge. I think it was a really important goal." Evgeni Malkin had the lone goal for Pittsburgh, which is trying to go 5-0 all- time in playoff series against the Rangers. Fleury, who helped Pittsburgh build a 3-1 series lead by recording shutouts in Games 2 and 3, stopped just 30-of-34 shots on Friday. "They came really hard, really aggressive down the walls," Pittsburgh head coach Dan Bylsma said of the Rangers. "We turned over a few pucks as a result, let to their offensive-zone time. In addition to that we had some unforced errors." Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik did not play after sustaining an undisclosed injury in Wednesdays Game 4 win. Robert Bortuzzo filled in for Orpik in Game 5 and will likely do so again on Sunday. Pittsburgh is 9-2 all-time in series when holding a 3-1 lead. The last time the Penguins blew a 3-1 lead was in the 2011 Eastern Conference quarterfinals against Tampa Bay when both Sidney Crosby and Malkin were injured and missed the series. Vapormax 2020 Pas Cher . New York City FC introduced Frank Lampard in Brooklyn on Thursday after signing the 36-year-old former Chelsea midfielder to a two-year contract. Fausse Vapormax 2019 . - Aaron Rodgers makes tough throws that can leave fans of the Green Bay Packers speechless. http://www.vapormaxpascher.be/air-max-va...e-pas-cher.html. Winners of two straight, the Flames will try to become the first team in 25 years to go three consecutive games without taking a penalty Saturday night in San Jose. Vapormax Plus Homme Solde .3 million qualifying offer to outfielder Michael Cuddyer on Monday. Vapormax 97 Pas Cher . -- Lara Gut of Switzerland regained the overall World Cup lead with Sundays super-G win in Lake Louise, Alta.WASHINGTON - Alex Ovechkin scored the go-ahead goal, Matt Niskanen had three assists and the Washington Capitals beat the streaking New York Islanders 5-2 on Friday night.Ovechkin gave Washington a 3-2 lead midway through the second period. He has four goals in his last four games,Marcus Johansson and Evgeny Kuznetsov each had a goal and an assist, and Andre Burakovsky and Joel Ward also scored for the Capitals.Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots. He has a 1.86 goals-against average over his last seven games.After a 3-2 overtime loss on Long Island on Wednesday night, the Capitals earned a split of the home-and-home set.John Tavares and Anders Lee scored for New York, and Chad Johnson made 22 saves. The Islanders, who began play tied with Pittsburgh atop the Metropolitan Division, had won five straight and 10 of 11.The Capitals took a 3-2 lead at 9:53 of the second when Tom Wilson skated in across the blue line and passed to Ovechkin, who fired past Johnson from the right circle for his 12th goal of the season.Kuznetsov went into the corner for a loose puck, skated out into the circle and fired a shot over Johnsons shoulder to make it 4-2 at 5:56 of the third.Washington didnt have a shot on goal until 10:01 of the first period, but a hookingg call against Matt Martin gave its second-ranked power play unit a shot at New Yorks 29th-ranked penalty killers.dddddddddddd Thirty-one seconds later, the Capitals opened the scoring when Niskanens slapper from the slot was deflected by Burakovsky past Johnson.Johanssons ninth of the season made it 2-0 at 18:27 of the period. The Capitals had gone nearly 150 minutes over parts of four games since their last even-strength goal.It took New York, which outshot Washington 11-5 in the first period, just 1:06 to tie it.First Tavares, all alone to the left of Holtby, banged home the rebound of a shot by Nick Leddy for his 10th of the season.Then with 27 seconds left in the period, Lee eluded Caps defenders to Holtbys right and redirected a pass from Travis Hamonic at the right point for the equalizer.NOTES: New York D Lubomir Visnovsky left in the second period with an upper-body injury and did not return. Washington F Brooks Laich (shoulder) returned to the lineup after missing 15 of the last 16 games. D Mike Green (upper-body injury) missed his second straight. ... Holtby passed Pat Riggin for sixth place on the Capitals franchise wins list with 68. ... Jack Capuano coached his 300th game with the Islanders. Hes 134-127-39. ' ' '