New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 2009 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 6-2 on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 34-33.
Petr Sykora scored twice and Kris Letang scored twice. Nikolay Zherdev, Jordan Staal, Marc Staal and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Nikolay Zherdev (13)Brandon Dubinsky (18), Aaron Voros (7)1–002:24 NYR
Petr Sykora (18)Chris Minard (1), Jordan Staal (13)1–106:35 PIT
3rd period
Jordan Staal (15)Ryan Whitney (6)1–201:11 PIT
Kris Letang (2)Sidney Crosby (44), Mark Eaton (2)1–306:18 PIT- Petr Sykora (19)Sidney Crosby (45), Ryan Whitney (7)1–410:01 PIT · PPG
Marc Staal (2)Scott Gomez (25), Markus Naslund (18)2–413:55 NYR- Kris Letang (3)Pascal Dupuis (4), Sidney Crosby (46)2–516:21 PIT
Sidney Crosby (18)Evgeni Malkin (52), Philippe Boucher (5)2–618:20 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
34Shots on goal33
49%Faceoff %51%
0/3Power play1/4
27Penalty minutes15
25Hits18
12Blocked shots23
3Giveaways9
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 00:03
Colton Orr · fighting5 min - 1st 00:03
Eric Godard · fighting5 min - 1st 12:03Pascal Dupuis · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:40Max Talbot · charging2 min
- 2nd 10:30Max Talbot · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 01:25Marc Staal · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:15Wade Redden · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:22Dmitri Kalinin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 12:38Nikolay Zherdev · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:38Paul Bissonnette · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:32Markus Naslund · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:32Ryan Whitney · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:14Aaron Voros · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 19:14Aaron Voros · misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16:30 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 19Scott GomezC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:22 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 91Markus NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:48 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:44 |
| 10Nigel DawesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 15Blair BettsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 20Fredrik SjostromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:30 |
| 25Petr PruchaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 28Colton OrrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:33 |
| 29Lauri KorpikoskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 3Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:56 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 27Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:21 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 33 | 27 | 6 | .818 | 60:00 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 5 | 20:44 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:09 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25:01 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 22:05 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 14Chris MinardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 24:07 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 16Paul BissonnetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 02:42 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:03 |
| 37Bill ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:37 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:32 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:33 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |