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The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to grab their first lead of the second round on Monday when the series shifts to New York City for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden. Bobby Cox Jersey . This best-of-seven set is tied at one game apiece. The Rangers opened the series with Fridays 3-2 overtime win in Pittsburgh, but the Penguins rebounded with a 3-0 victory Sunday in the Steel City. New York went 20-17-4 at Madison Square Garden during the regular season and posted a 2-1 record on home ice against Philadelphia in the opening round. The Rangers, of course, eliminated the Flyers with a 2-1 Game 7 victory at MSG on Wednesday. Pittsburgh and the Rangers split a pair of meeting in New York this season, but the Pens have claimed five of the last seven regular-season encounters in the Big Apple. Marc-Andre Fleury anchored Sundays home win over the Rangers, making 22 saves to set a franchise record with his seventh career playoff shutout. Pittsburghs frequently criticized netminder also picked up his 50th career postseason win, becoming the 17th goalie in league history to reach the milestone. "He was very good tonight," Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma said of Fleury. "The calmness and how he made the saves ... It made it feel like it wasnt as many (chances). But the puck was in the crease a little bit and he played it really well. He deserved the shutout tonight." Kris Letang was credited with a goal and collected assists on third-period goals by Jussi Jokinen and Evgeni Malkin. Letangs goal was the 15th of his postseason career, tying Larry Murphy for the most by a defenseman in franchise history. Pittsburgh won despite giving the Rangers three power-play opportunities in the first 10 minutes of the game. The Pens killed off the three early penalties and New York finished the game 0-for-4 on the power play. "Maybe the penalty killers set the tone for us," said Bylsma. "Maybe it was them stepping over the boards in those situations. You are not happy about having to kill three in a row but they do a great job for us and I thought, to a man, our players were extremely good tonight." Sidney Crosby is still without a goal in eight playoff games this spring, but the Penguins star captain did register six shots on net in Game 2. Crosby, who has 40 career postseason goals, has gone 13 straight games in the playoffs without scoring. He has six assists in this postseason. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32 shots for New York, which has now failed to score on 29 straight opportunities with the power play. The Blueshirts are just 3- for-37 with the man advantage in this postseason. "Power play had some looks," Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said. "Could have given us momentum, we didnt finish. Power play ultimately is my responsibility, and Ive got to find the right trigger points here to make it work and spend the night trying to figure it out." New York is aiming for its first playoff series win against Pittsburgh, which has won all four previous postseason meetings. The Pens boast a 17-5 all-time record against the Rangers in the playoffs and a 7-2 mark at the Garden. Overall, the Rangers have won seven of nine and 12 of their last 17 home playoff games. Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik has missed three straight games for Pittsburgh with an undisclosed injury and expects to sit out again on Monday. Orpik has been sidelined since missing Game 6 against Columbus in the opening round and Robert Bortuzzo has filled in for him. The Rangers will also host Game 4 of this set on Wednesday before the series heads back to Pittsburgh for Fridays Game 5. Freddie Freeman Braves Jersey . -- Tyreke Evans is still making the adjustment from point guard to small forward for the Sacramento Kings. Greg Maddux Jersey . -- As usual, Aksel Lund Svindal was super fast on this hill.TORONTO -- Brian Rowe was in the shower -- in Los Angeles -- when the call came Friday. Earlier that day, some 3,500 kilometres away, Stefan Frei had broken his leg training at Torontos BMO Field. With its home opener Saturday, Toronto FC needed a backup goalie -- pronto. "I was in the shower and my agent called me three times in a row," said Rowe, who had been working out in the morning with some former UCLA teammates. Rowe, a 23-year-old from Eugene, Ore., was taken in the January supplemental draft pick and later released by Chivas USA. His agent had been talking to MLS about possible options but Rowe had been preparing to play in the USL or PDL. Instead, he found himself looking over a contract before taking the red-eye to Toronto that night for Saturdays 1 p.m. ET game against the visiting San Jose Earthquakes. The call came around lunchtime Los Angeles time. His flight left LAX at 9:50 p.m. PT and arrived in Toronto at 5:30 a.m. ET. Add in 90 minutes at Immigration and he got to his hotel between 8:30 and 9 a.m. "Then I got picked up at 10:15," he said. Some two hours later he was on the pitch at BMO Field with starting keeper Milos Kocic, goalie coach Stewart Kerr and the rest of the TFC players. In the BMO press box, reporters only knew his last name from the initial team sheet. The first name came later with the official lineups. Rowe reckons he got about two hours sleep on the plane and a one-hour nap at his hotel before game time. But the adrenalin was pumping at the stadium, thanks to his trek and the atmosphere of the 20,000-plus home opener crowd. "I would have been ready if I needed to be," he said. Toronto went on to lose the game 3-0 with Rowe watching from the sidelines with the rest of the substitutes. Despite the result, Rowe says it was an occasion to remember -- from the crowd to the anthems. The former UCLA second-team All-American is designated as a "league pool goalkeeper" -- available in a short-term situation when the team is experiencing "extreme hardship," due to events like injury or national team call-ups. A league spokeswoman says they normally have three such keepers in reserve. This year its Chris Sharpe and Rowe although a third may soon join them. Frei is expected to be out eight to 10 weeks with a broken fibula. While there is no time frame for Rowes stay here, he says hell do whatever is needed. The young keeper is clearly thrilled to be in Toronto. "It was exciting to come up to a big city with a great group of (soccer) followers," he said. The six-foot-one, 185-pounder spent five years at UCLA, redshirting as a freshman and then spending almost two years behind All-American Brian Perk (now with the Los Angeles Galaxy) before starting the final two seasons. Craig Kimbrel Braves Jersey. As a senior last year, Rowe posted eight straight shutouts from Oct. 16 to Dec. 3, one shy of the school record. He did not allow a goal for 803 consecutive minutes, just 48 short of the Bruins record. He wrapped up his collegiate career in December losing to the top-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels in the semifinals of the NCAA College Cup. North Carolina won on penalty kicks after the score was knotted at 2-2 following extra time. "Despite conceding two goals, Brian Rowe had an outstanding game," wrote the Daily Bruin. "The redshirt senior made no less than three acrobatic saves that wowed the crowd and frustrated the Tar Heels, including one with two mere seconds remaining in the second overtime period that rescued the Bruins from sure disaster. "Rowe had nine saves on the night, but was powerless to stop the Tar Heels in the penalty shootout." The Bruins finished their season with a 18-5-1 record (10-0-0 record in Pac-12 play). After spending the holidays back home in Oregon, Rowe headed to Florida in January for the MLS Combine to showcase his skills. When that was done, he flew from Fort Lauderdale to Finland to try out with VPS Vaasa. "I wanted to check out as many places as I could before the draft," he explained. "And that was the last window to head over there." While in Finland, he monitored the MLS supplemental draft online. Chivas took him in the second round, 24th overall. He spent almost a month with Chivas, who eventually chose Patrick McLain over Rowe as their third-string keeper to go with starter Dan Kennedy and backup Tim Melia. "It was a good experience," Rowe said. "I was glad to come back to L.A. with all my friends, knowing the area. And it was a great organization. "But as with every club, they have to make tough decisions and it just didnt work out in the end." After Chivas, he spent a week on trial with the Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League but that didnt work out. He had been training back in Los Angeles for two to three weeks before the MLS called. After a day off Sunday, catching up on some sleep, Rowe had his first Toronto training session Monday. "It was fun getting in with the team and getting to know everybody some more," he said. Currently in limbo -- he shipped his belongings home to Oregon after graduation and had been staying with friends in Los Angeles, which is also home to his girlfriend -- his new home is a downtown Toronto hotel. "Ive been (living) out of my suitcase since I left for the Combine, which started about Jan. 2," he said cheerfully. "Ive realized I can live on not too many clothes -- just the bare essentials." wholesale jerseys cheap jerseys ' ' '