Splitting their first two games after the 4 Nations Face-off break, 1-1, should hardly matter to the Rangers hierarchy that watched the team get destroyed in Buffalo and barely escape Pittsburgh with a win over the last-place club in the Metropolitan Division.

After a tough loss to Washington on Saturday, the Penguins’ first game out of the 4 Nations Face-Off break, they responded with a much better effort on Sunday versus New York. But they still ended up on the wrong side of the score,

The New York Rangers head into enemy territory Sunday afternoon with a trip to Pittsburgh to face Sidney Crosby and the Penguins.

The NHL returns from its break for the 4 Nations Face-Off on Saturday as the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Washington Capitals in a Saturday matinee.