Higuain ripped a shot that Red Bulls goaltender Luis Robles had not chance to stop.
This doubled shortly after, when a speculative shot squeezed past the impressive goaltender, Adam Baxendale.
But in the twilight of the great goaltender's career, every piece will be significant.
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The puck whistled past him, and Carter deflected it past Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.
The 37-year-old goaltender, who improved to 10-7-2, has started all but four games this season.
Neal expertly deflected the puck over Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist to put the Penguins up 2-0.
It takes a little while to remember the little subtleties of being a goaltender.
"It comes down to will at this point, " Henrik Lundqvist, the Rangers' goaltender, said after practice Tuesday.
But the Penguins answered each goal, and Orpik's shot eluded the right arm of Islanders goaltender Evgeni Nabokov.
He's just a goaltender now, and for the Rangers, the timing of that transformation couldn't have been worse.
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His blast from the point eluded Panthers goaltender Jacob Markstrom with assists by Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo.
Martinek's shot from the left point on a pass from Kyle Okposo eluded goaltender Carey Price at 7:56.
The Islanders traded for goaltender Tim Thomas last week, even though he doesn't plan to play this year.
"Timmy was like a box of Cracker Jack, " Rangers goaltender Martin Biron said.
Goaltender Curtis Joseph was also not at his best, continuing the trend of underperforming NHL goalies at these Games.
But a goaltender interference penalty that day on Jakob Silfverberg negated the goal.
"Where a goaltender ranks in any year is always pretty random, " says Berri.
Henry ran onto the ball and deftly chipped it over Gruenebaum when the goaltender came out to face him one-on-one.
Nabokov didn't have a chance as the wrist shot zipped over the goaltender's stick to push the lead to 3-0.
The final word goes to recently-retired NHL goaltender Kevin Weekes, now the Gary Lineker of ice hockey on CBC television.
So will the Penguins, who restored order to the series behind Crosby, backup goaltender Tomas Vokoun and seldom-used forward Tyler Kennedy.
It hardly mattered three Islanders defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky and Thomas Hickey and goaltender Evgeni Nabokov were in the way.
Ryan Miller made 19 saves on the night he surpassed Dominik Hasek for the most games played by a Sabres goaltender.
He collected one of his seven goals when a teammate's shot deflected off his chin and zigzagged past an opposing goaltender.
Clarkson took a long shot from the left point seconds after embattled Devils goaltender Johan Hedberg left for a sixth skater.
"Tracking the puck through traffic, you can't get that in practice as a goaltender, " Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard said.
Unfortunately for them, just three players from that team are still on the roster, and one of them is goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.
Among the team's forwards, no one derives more pleasure during a Rangers practice from scoring on goaltender Henrik Lundqvist than Dubinsky does.
He dragged the puck right trying to get around the goaltender, only for Lundqvist to somehow deny him, sprawling to his left.
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