New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, January 6, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center
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Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Friday, January 6, 2012 at CONSOL Energy Center. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 38-21.
Goals came from Ben Lovejoy, Brad Richards, Brandon Dubinsky and Derek Stepan.
Henrik Lundqvist made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 18 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ben Lovejoy (1)Craig Adams (1), Joe Vitale (1)0–105:43 PIT
Brad Richards (1)Brandon Dubinsky (1), Ryan McDonagh (1)1–118:17 NYR
2nd period
Brandon Dubinsky (1)Ryan Callahan (1), Dan Girardi (1)2–103:09 NYR · SHG
3rd period
Derek Stepan (1)Unassisted3–101:20 NYR
Team stats
NYRPIT
21Shots on goal38
62%Faceoff %38%
0/2Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes4
35Hits22
25Blocked shots9
1Giveaways6
0Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 06:45
Tyler Kennedy · interference goalkeeper2 min - 2nd 01:42
Marc Staal · high sticking2 min - 3rd 09:41Marc Staal · roughing2 min
- 3rd 15:15Mike Rupp · kneeing2 min
- 3rd 15:38Chris Kunitz · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:52Ryan McDonagh · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 19Brad RichardsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 28:00 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 26:52 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:29 |
| 10Marian GaborikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 22Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 26Ruslan FedotenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 34John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 42Artem AnisimovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:23 |
| 71Mike RuppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 32Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 41Stu BickelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 38 | 37 | 1 | .974 | 60:00 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 27Craig AdamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:57 |
| 46Joe VitaleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 6Ben LovejoyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:45 |
| 9Pascal DupuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 18:13 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 12Richard ParkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:57 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 20:52 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:53 |
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:52 |
| 38Colin McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:13 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 11:49 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:33 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 4Zbynek MichalekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:54 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 58:39 |