Patric Hornqvist had his first playoff hat trick and the Penguins pulled away from the New York Rangers, 5-2, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Wednesday night in Pittsburgh.

Hornqvist added an assist, Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, and backup goaltender Jeff Zatkoff did just fine in his first postseason start, finishing with 35 saves. Tom Kuhnhackl also scored for Pittsburgh, which took advantage when New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist left with a facial injury after the first period.

Lundqvist played just 20 minutes after taking a stick to the face from teammate Marc Staal. Antti Raanta was shaky in Lundqvist’s place, stopping 16 of 19 shots.

Derek Stepan scored twice for the Rangers, but New York never led as its quest to knock the Penguins out of the playoffs for a third straight year got off to an underwhelming start.

New York dominated the opening minutes, throwing shots at Zatkoff from all angles rather than trying to set up anything. Zatkoff kept the Penguins afloat early while his teammates took time to find their legs.

Then, in an instant, New York’s decided advantage in the net disappeared.

Staal was fending off a Pittsburgh player in front of the New York net when his stick became wedged in between the bars on Lundqvist’s mask with 48 seconds to go in the first period. The goalie who has been the backbone of deep playoff runs each of the last two years writhed in pain for several moments before slowly skating to the bench. He stayed in the game long enough for Pittsburgh to take the lead when Hornqvist flipped a rebound between Lundqvist’s legs with 18 seconds left.

Lundqvist stayed in the dressing room at the start of the second period, forcing Raanta to unexpectedly make his postseason debut. He had little to do until a stretch pass from Hornqvist sprung Crosby in alone. The wrist shot zipped over Raanta’s glove 18:56 into the second and the Penguins were up, 2-0.

New York’s drew to 2-1 when Stepan stuffed in a shot from the doorstep on a five-on-three, but Pittsburgh countered with a shorthanded goal from Kuhnhackl 5:31 into the third and when Hornqvist pounced on a loose puck in the Rangers’ crease and eased it in, the Penguins were up three and in control.

Lightning 3, Red Wings 2 — Nikita Kucherov scored twice and Alex Killorn snapped a third-period tie with his 11th career playoff goal, giving host Tampa Bay the win.

Ben Bishop had 34 saves for the defending Eastern Conference champions, who got the winner from Killorn less than two minutes after a potential go-ahead goal was waived off when Detroit coach Jeff Blashill successfully challenged that Tampa Bay should have been called for offside before Victor Hedman scored.

Tyler Johnson picked up a loose puck along the boards and fed Killorn, who slipped the puck past Jimmy Howard at 8:52 of the third.

Kucherov scored in the first and second periods and also assisted on the winner.

Mike Green and Justin Abdelkader scored for Detroit.