NEW YORK -- Just 14 games into the NHL season, the New York Rangers had to strain to see the front-running Pittsburgh Penguins, who had raced 10 points ahead of them. With the first chance to meet face to face, the gap suddenly didnt seem so wide on the ice. Brian Boyle scored his first goal of the se

NEW YORK -- Just 14 games into the NHL season, the New York Rangers had to strain to see the front-running Pittsburgh Penguins, who had raced 10 points ahead of them. With the first chance to meet face to face, the gap suddenly didnt seem so wide on the ice. Brian Boyle scored his first goal of the season and captain Ryan Callahan added his first since returning from a broken thumb as the Rangers matched a season high in goals with a 5-1 victory over the Penguins on Wednesday night. "You dont focus on the other teams and where they are," said Henrik Lundqvist, who kept the Penguins at bay in a tough first period and finished with 28 saves. "We have to focus on ourselves. As long as we take care of our business, we are going to end up in good shape." Pittsburgh had won four straight and defeated New York eight times in nine meetings, but Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan scored 1:05 apart late in the first period to put the Rangers ahead. Boyle and Callahan connected within a 2:28 span of the second to send New York to its fourth win in five games. Derick Brassard made it 5-1 at 9:57 of the third, and Brad Richards had two assists for New York, which rebounded from a 2-1 loss to Anaheim on Monday and completed a 3-1 homestand. The Rangers quickly headed to a flight after the game for a meeting with the Blue Jackets in Columbus on Thursday. Kris Letangs power-play goal pulled the Penguins to 3-1 with 5:26 left in the second, but Callahans fourth of the season -- in his second game back in the lineup -- restored the Rangers three-goal lead 1:04 later. "We generated some good chances, but there is no guarantee when you do that," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. "We were generating, so I dont think there was a need to force things." Marc-Andre Fleury, who sat out Pittsburghs 3-0 win at Columbus on Saturday, stopped 20 shots. "We werent good," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "We gave them opportunities. We didnt play at all at our game and then we got disjointed in our effort. We got disjointed in our game in the second. "That wasnt anything close to where we need to play or want to play." The Rangers (7-8) scored more than three goals for the second time this season but reached five for the second time in three games. New York has held opponents to two goals or fewer in eight straight games and nine of 10. The Penguins went 1 for 8 on the power play. "Everyone contributed right through the lineup," Callahan said. "That is what you need when youre playing one of the top teams in the league. Our penalty-kill was a big part of it. They have a strong power play. "Its a win that we can build on." Pittsburgh (11-5) fell to 4-3 on the road and allowed more than two goals for only the sixth time. New York led 2-0 when Richards found Boyle streaking down the middle of the Pittsburgh zone for a shot that got past Fleury with 6:50 remaining in the second. For the opening 18 minutes of the game, the Penguins had everything going their way. But despite controlling the puck and having multiple scoring chances, Pittsburgh remained locked in a scoreless tie. Then, in just more than a minute, the Rangers cashed in a pair and skated off with a stunning 2-0 lead. Boyle won a puck battle behind the net and backhanded a pass into the left circle that McDonagh gathered before snapping off a shot that beat Fleury with 1:52 left in the first for his third goal. The Madison Square Garden crowd was still buzzing when the Rangers quickly made something out of nothing for another goal. The puck came out of the Pittsburgh zone, and Mats Zuccarello forced a Penguins turnover at centre ice in front of the penalty boxes. Chris Kreider got the puck back to Zuccarello, who saw Stepan streaking into the Penguins end. Zuccarello flipped a pass back into the zone that Stepan chased down and deftly roofed in the net with 46.3 seconds left for his fourth goal. "It was more devastating because we gave them the opportunities," Bylsma said. "We gave them the second goal, gave them basically a breakaway with how we managed the puck in the neutral zone." The Penguins finished the first with a 12-9 edge in shots, including a drive by defenceman Matt Niskanen that was deflected by teammate Pascal Dupuis and through Lundqvist. The goalie desperately reached behind him as the puck fluttered and rolled toward the goal line, but it was swept out of harms way by Callahan with 6:32 left. About four minutes later, Craig Adams rang a shot off the right post behind Lundqvist. NOTES: C J.T. Miller returned to the Rangers lineup after being scratched against Anaheim. LW Brandon Mashinter sat out. ... Fleury was 6-1 in his previous seven starts against the Rangers. ... Pittsburgh held New York to two goals or less in seven of the previous nine meetings, including three shutouts. ... 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But Josh Bailey scored the shootout winner to lead the Islanders to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in a battle of the Eastern Conferences two worst teams. Authentic Breeland Speaks Jersey .Lets go back to the Avs, who have become one of the funnest teams to watch in this years playoffs.ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. - The PGA of America president referred to Ian Poulter as a little girl on two social media accounts Thursday evening for his comments on Nick Faldo and Tom Watson as Ryder Cup captains.Faldo, with six majors regarded as Britains greatest player, was captain of the last European team that lost the Ryder Cup in 2008. Watson, who has five British Open titles among his eight majors, was captain of the U.S. team that lost at Gleneagles last month.Poulter, a European stalwart with a 12-4-2 record in the Ryder Cup, was critical of both in his book, No Limits, which was released this week.PGA President Ted Bishop was with Faldo on Thursday at The Greenbrier for the Faldo Series junior program when he tweeted to Poulter, Faldos record stands by itself. Six majors and all-time RC points. Yours vs. His? Lil Girl.In a separate posting on his Facebook page, Bishop lamented that athletes who had lesser records or accomplishments in a sport never criticized the icons. He mentioned Watsons eight majors and 10-3-1 record in the Ryder Cup, and Faldos six majors and record with most Ryder Cup points in history getting bashed by Poulter.Really? Sounds like a little school girl squealing during recess. CMON MAN!The PGA of America said Bishop realized that his post was inappropriate and promptly removed it.Bishop said in an email Thursday night to The Associated Press, Obviously I could have selected some different ways to express my thoughts on Poulters remarks. Golf had always been a sport where respect was shown to its icons. That seems to have gone by the wayside.Poulter had tweeted before leaving for China, I guess we can only have opinions if you won a major or 6. He was not aware of Bishops tweet until he landed and was inundated with messages.Poulter said in a brief telephone interview that he was disappointed in Bishops tweet. Hee later released a statement to Golf Channel.dddddddddddds being called a lil girl meant to be derogatory or a put down? Poulter said in the statement. Thats pretty shocking and disappointing, especially coming from the leader of the PGA of America. No further comment.Watson benched Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley for both sessions on Saturday at the Ryder Cup as the Americans fell behind. He also played Webb Simpson, one of his captains picks, only once. Europe won 16 1/2-11 1/2, its eighth win in the last 10 Ryder Cups.Mickelson indirectly criticized Watson in the closing press conference by saying the Americans had strayed from a winning formula and there was no room for player input under Watsons captaincy. Watson later wrote an open letter accepting responsibility for his style.Poulter in his book said that Watsons decision-making completely baffles me. He was referring to benching Mickelson and Keegan Bradley on Saturday.Faldo stirred up the European team on Friday when he said during his Golf Channel commentary that Sergio Garcia was useless in 2008 during the European loss at Valhalla and that he had a bad attitude. Faldo later explained in an interview with the AP that Garcia has emotional and physical problems and at one point told Faldo he didnt want to play.Faldo has lost a lot of respect from players because of what he said, Poulter said in his book. He noted that it was Europes only loss in the last 15 years and Faldo was the captain. So whos useless? I think Faldo might need to have a little look in the mirror.Poulter was a captains pick that year.Bishops two-year term as president expires next month at the PGA annual meeting. Bishop chose Watson as the Ryder Cup captain — at 65, the oldest in Ryder Cup history. He recently announced a task force to help solve Americas recent losing streak in the Ryder Cup. ' ' '