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Newcomers propel Rangers to easy win over Penguins

Rest assured, it will not be like this Friday night in Pittsburgh.

Because Wednesday night in the Garden there was as rosy a hue as could be imagined engulfing a once-dormant Rangers team, as new trade additions ran amok and led the way to a 6-1 win over the first-place Penguins.

First there was Ryan Clowe, picked up on Tuesday from the Sharks for a handful of draft picks, scoring his first two goals of the season and adding an assist.

Then there was Derick Brassard, acquired from the Blue Jackets in a deal for Marian Gaborik just before Wednesday’s trade deadline, adding a goal and three assists.

Then there was 22-year-old slick-skating defenseman John Moore, another part of the Gaborik deal, notching his first goal midway through the third to go up 6-1 in what was truly a a “You’ve got to be kidding me” moment.

And don’t forget those who were already here, seemingly awakened by the roster shakeup.

That includes Brian Boyle — he who would have been traded for a bag of pucks if there were any takers — getting his second goal of the season and adding three assists.

And how about Ryan McDonagh, scoring the first even-strength goal for a Rangers’ defenseman since Anton Stralman against the Jets on Feb. 26, a stretch of 17 games?

And the Rangers’ power play going 3-for-4 after coming into the game 2-for-23 over the previous 13.

It all added up to a win and an 18-15-3 record tying both the Islanders and Devils in points, but leapfrogging both into seventh place in the Eastern Conference by virtue of more wins than the Devils and having one game in hand over the Islanders.

The Penguins (28-10-0) are still the conference’s top team, and were playing last night without MVP front-runner Sidney Crosby, sidelined with a broken jaw. They were also the league’s most active team in adding talent before the trade deadline, getting Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow and Douglas Murray.

But it was the Rangers newcomers who made all the noise, and it didn’t take them very long to get acquainted.

About 20 seconds in, Clowe blew deep into the Penguins zone and got a sharp-angle shot on Marc-Andre Fleury, his first of three shots in the period.

With 10:01 gone by, the Rangers were on the power play and a second unit that included Brassard and Clowe were on the ice. Brassard was open and got the puck at the right dot, but instead of firing a shot, he was patient and sent a behind-the-back pass to Brad Richards at the point. Richards fired it and Boyle deflected it home for his second of the season, making it 1-0.

Just over two minutes later, Richards dug a puck out of the corner and found a wide-open McDonagh in the slot, who ripped a beautiful wrist shot over Fluery’s left shoulder to make it 2-0. Exactly two minutes after that, Derek Stepan was relentless of the forecheck and got the puck to Clowe in front, who went to his backhand and netted his first goal of the season, his first as a Ranger, to make it 3-0.

So 20 minutes had gone by and Clowe had a goal and an assist, Brassard created a goal with his terrific assist, and the Rangers had three unanswered goals on the first-place Penguins — the team that had added so many talented pieces to a group already the favorite to win the Stanley Cup.

bcyrgalis@nypost.com