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The New York Rangers are making Madison Square Garden a house of horrors for visiting teams. A five-two demolition of the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night pushed New York to six and oh at home to open the season, matching the second-longest season-opening home winning streak in franchise history. The Garden is absolutely rocking right now.
Shifting to the gridiron, San Francisco held its ground against a charging Washington Commanders squad to extend their unbeaten streak. The Forty-Niners were pushed to the wire late, but this team has the kind of composure you can't manufacture. When it mattered most, San Francisco answered, and that winning streak keeps growing.
And in Pittsburgh, there's real concern tonight after winger Bryan Rust left the Penguins' five-four loss to the Utah Mammoth with a lower-body injury and did not return. Rust, thirty-four, is one of Sidney Crosby's most trusted linemates, and losing that chemistry at this stage of the season is the last thing a struggling Pittsburgh squad needs heading into a brutal stretch.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
