The Wraparound: Can Rangers slow Penguins down?

The Wraparound is your daily look at the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. We’ll break down the NHL playoff games today with the all-important television information.

• Catch up with all of Tuesday’s Stanley Cup playoff action with the NHL Rink Wrap right here. 

• The Canadiens won the 2022 NHL Draft Lottery, and thus the right to the No. 1 overall pick. While they didn’t get the top spot, the Devils’ run of luck continued by jumping from the fifth-best odds to No. 2.

• After 23 years in the NHL (enough to set a new games-played record), Patrick Marleau has retired.

• Igor Shesterkin, Juuse Saros, and Jacob Markstrom were announced as the Vezina Trophy finalists.

After a lopsided Game 4 win for the Penguins, people were debating which Rangers to blame.

Do you drop it mostly at Igor Shesterkin’s feet? It would certainly be comforting. If it’s the goalie’s fault, then you can at least picture a turnaround. Maybe that means Shesterkin turning things around. Failing that, perhaps a goalie change could make a difference.

It’s more troubling when the truth is that you can spread the blame wide. The Rangers only have so much time to find answers, as the Penguins can eliminate them in Game 5 (7 p.m. ET — ESPN (PIT leads 3-1]).

That said, it’s probably best that the Rangers aren’t being delusional: the Penguins have been all over them during this series.

“Total team disappointment,” Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said after Game 4. “It’s a team effort. [Shesterkin] will be back in there ready to win the next game on Wednesday night. I’ve got all the confidence in the world in him.”

That was especially true in Game 4, but look closely and you’ll see it’s a series-wide problem.

Aside from Game 3 (where the Rangers generated a 55.92