A 5-2 loss in the playoffs simply isn't good enough for New York Rangers center Derek Stepan.
Despite scoring both goals for New York, Stepan was disappointed by his and his linemates' efforts to shut down Pittsburgh's top trio of Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist, and Chris Kunitz.
"What stings is we talked about doing a job on their top line and we didn't get the job done against them," Stepan said, according to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News. "We can't give up five goals and expect to win a playoff game."
Hornqvist netted a hat trick and an assist, while Crosby had three points of his own.
Stepan, along with wingers Chris Kreider and Rick Nash, will need to regroup in time for Game 2 to avoid a massive deficit before heading back to New York.
