In Sunrise, the New York Rangers’ offense betrayed one final time on Saturday night. 
In Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final, the Rangers fell, 2-1 to the Panthers.
“Last year was the first year we went that far and it felt amazing,” the Panthers’ Aleksander Barkov said. “You wanted to do everything you could to get back here. We all know it’s not one big thing, it’s not one day. You have to start the grind in the summer, in training camp. … We all had the same goal to get better and get back. Here we are again.”
The Panthers now move on to the Stanley Cup Final, and Rangers fans need to wait at least one more, 31, since the their last Cup.
Sam Bennett scored with 50 seconds left in the opening stanza to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead.
Vladimir Tarasenko scored midway through the third period to extend the lead to 2-0.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves in the win.
“It was difficult to score, generating the quality we wanted to generate,” New York coach Peter Laviolette said. “We knew that coming in from the way [Florida] finished the season and from the first and second round. They weren’t giving up a lot. Ultimately, it is something we were able to do pretty consistently through the course of the year. Look at the scores, the games. Low-scoring, one-goal games. Ultimately, finding the next goal inside of a game could be the difference.”
Artemi Panarin finally got the Rangers on the board with 1:50 left on the game clock to make it 2-1.
That was all the offense they would mister.
Another one-goal loss, in a dismal Conference Final series. 
Igor Shesterkin made 32 saves in the loss, and should sue the Rangers for non support.
“I don’t think you can say they don’t deserve to win,” the Rangers’ Jacob Trouba said. “I think they definitely deserved to win series. We were right there but just came up a little short.”
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