US EditionRangers Opening Night Ends in Disaster
Mike Sullivan lost his debut coaching the Rangers against his former team, the Penguins, who shut out New York 3-0 with goalie Arturs Silovs making 22 saves.
- On Tuesday, the New York Rangers opened the season with a 3-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena, as Penguins goalie Arturs Silovs recorded a 22-save shutout.
- Sullivan left the Penguins after a 10-season run, agreeing to part ways in April despite his contract, then signed a five-year contract with the New York Rangers as the NHL's highest paid coach.
- Outshot 15-5 in the third period, the New York Rangers struggled offensively despite Igor Shesterkin stopping 27 of 28 shots and earning the game's third star.
- New Penguins coach Dan Muse earned a victory while starting Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, and Sullivan said it felt peculiar facing players he once coached.
- Sullivan will also coach Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympic men's hockey tournament in Italy, and the New York Rangers aim to rebound soon after a massively disappointing season as possible wild-card contenders.
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Sullivan's debut as Rangers coach spoiled by Pens
Mike Sullivan, a former New York assistant hired to be the next Rangers head coach in the offseason, made his debut Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, but his former team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, stole the show and skated off with a 3-0 victory.
Rangers Opening Night Ends in Disaster
The New York Rangers opened the 2025-26 season with a disastrous outing. The Blue Shirts dropped a frustrating 3-0 decision to the Pittsburgh Penguins was hardly the way the club wanted to start the new season.The shutout loss spoiled the Rangers’ Home Opener, while also spoiling Mike Sullivan’s regular-season debut as coach and J.T. Miller’s first game as team captain.All told, the game was much closer than the score suggested. The Penguins sco…
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