New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, October 2, 2009 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Friday, October 2, 2009 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 31–27.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Chris Drury, Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy and Marian Gaborik.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (1)Sergei Gonchar (1), Alex Goligoski (1)0–107:48 PIT · 
Chris Drury (1)Chris Higgins (1)1–116:01 NYR
2nd period
Sidney Crosby (1)Kris Letang (1), Bill Guerin (1)1–212:25 PIT
Tyler Kennedy (1)Alex Goligoski (2), Jordan Staal (1)1–313:33 PIT
3rd period
Marian Gaborik (1)Brandon Dubinsky (1), Marc Staal (1)2–305:56 NYR
Team stats
NYRPIT
2731
50%50%
0/41/2
913
3141
1822
56
16
Penalties
- 6:28 into the first period
Chris Drury · holding2 min - 11:55 into the first period
Eric Godard · fighting5 min - 11:55 into the first periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
- 17:02 into the first periodSidney Crosby · slashing2 min
- 4:57 into the second periodPascal Dupuis · hooking2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodBrooks Orpik · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 6:40 into the third periodArtem Anisimov · hooking2 min
- 9:27 into the third periodBrooks Orpik · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Marian GaborikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 24:26 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:12 |
| 21Chris HigginsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:21 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:55 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:36 |
| 20Vinny ProspalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:58 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:48 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:22 |
| 34Aaron VorosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:26 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:07 |
| 81Enver LisinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:04 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:54 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 33Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 97Matt GilroyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 40Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 3Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:36 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:13 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 11:00 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 17Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:41 |
| 28Eric GodardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:09 |
| 7Mark EatonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:40 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |