And just 14 seconds into the second, Derek Stepan gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead.
Stepan then sent a backhanded pass out front to Clowe, who knocked it in.
The momentum shifted in the Rangers favor long before Stepan put them ahead to stay.
"The rest of the games from here on out, you know it's crunch time, " Stepan said.
Assists went to Carl Hagelin and Stepan, pushing New York's lead back to two goals.
"All night I felt that we played the way we wanted to, " Stepan said.
Stepan's tic-tac-toe goal Feb. 17 against Washington looked great, but the Rangers knew it was uncommon.
Derek Stepan scored on the 5-on-3, and Rick Nash scored 41 seconds later on a 5-on-4.
The opposition is led by Stepan Demirchian, who lacks the charisma of Georgia's Mikhail Saakashvili.
Derek Stepan forced a turnover as Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik skated with the puck behind his net.
Arron Asham and Derek Stepan had New York's goals in regulation and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 22 shots.
Nash's 19th goal of the season gave the Rangers a 6-0 lead following a pass from Derek Stepan.
Stepan has a point in eight of 10 games, notching five goals and five assists in the spurt.
Stepan netted the elusive goal for the Rangers when he scored his eighth of the season at 11:06.
Derek Stepan kept the puck in at the left point and sent a drive that Nash deflected in.
Rangers coach John Tortorella broke them up for more balance and moved Nash alongside Hagelin and Derek Stepan.
Stepan Botsvynyuk received 20 years in prison for his role in the crime, which stretched over seven years.
Derek Stepan also scored in the third for the Rangers, who built their second two-goal lead before holding on.
Stepan doesn't seem bothered by the waves of reporters that now regularly come at him after games and practices.
Stepan gives the Rangers scoring depth, which will be needed against Alex Ovechkin and the offensively powerful Washington Capitals.
The Rangers center backhanded a pass to a wide-open Stepan between the circles, and he beat Ellis at 2:00.
Stepan won the draw in the left circle and sent the puck right to Nash, who beat Fleury cleanly.
Carolina's Eric Staal scored in the first period, and Derek Stepan tied it in the second for the Rangers.
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Stepan then made it 2-1 on a 30-foot shot from the slot through Rask's legs, two goals in 15.3 seconds.
Washington RW Martin Erat was knocked out of the game by injury after a three-way collision with Ovechkin and Stepan.
"We have to string together a couple here, and we have to find a way to be consistent, " Stepan said.
Derek Stepan scored a short-handed goal for the Rangers (13-10-2), who lost for just the second time in seven games.
Ovechkin said he tried to make the hit, but that Stepan moved out of the way at the last second.
Early results gave Mr Kocharian 51%, just enough to save him from a run-off with his leading opponent, Stepan Demirchian.
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