Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, January 2, 2019 · Madison Square Garden

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7–2

Final

SOG 25–30

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NBCSN

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 7-2 on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 30-25.

Goals came from Zachary Aston-Reese, Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang, Ryan Strome, Dominik Simon, Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Buchnevich, Tanner Pearson and Sidney Crosby.

Matt Murray made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Henrik Lundqvist stopped 12 of 18.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	4	3	7	25
NYR	0	1	1	2	30

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Zachary Aston-Reese (6)Matt Cullen (5)1–006:29 PIT
Jake Guentzel (17)Sidney Crosby (31), Marcus Pettersson (8)2–011:11 PIT
Kris Letang (9)Unassisted3–012:20 PIT
Ryan Strome (4)Brady Skjei (10), Adam McQuaid (3)3–112:46 NYR
Dominik Simon (5)Evgeni Malkin (29), Patric Hornqvist (9)4–115:45 PIT

3rd period

Evgeni Malkin (13)Patric Hornqvist (10), Dominik Simon (10)5–101:03 PIT
Pavel Buchnevich (7)Fredrik Claesson (2), Kevin Shattenkirk (9)5–201:22 NYR
Tanner Pearson (5)Kris Letang (26), Jake Guentzel (19)6–204:40 PIT · PPG
Sidney Crosby (19)Unassisted7–213:56 PIT

Team stats

PITNYR

25Shots on goal30

43%Faceoff %57%

1/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

29Hits35

18Blocked shots12

10Giveaways14

10Takeaways14

Penalties

1st 02:55Sidney Crosby · tripping2 min
1st 12:48Mats Zuccarello · hooking2 min
2nd 06:46Jack Johnson · tripping2 min
3rd 03:16Vladislav Namestnikov · tripping2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

12Dominik SimonC	1	1	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	12:45
59Jake GuentzelC	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	–	17:38
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	50	17:07
72Patric HornqvistR	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	0	–	15:52
87Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	2	45	19:10
58Kris LetangD	1	1	2	+2	2	3	4	0	–	25:20
7Matt CullenC	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	60	12:14
14Tanner PearsonL	1	0	1	-1	2	2	3	0	–	13:49
46Zachary Aston-ReeseC	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	–	12:49
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	2	0	–	17:25
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	12:25
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	+2	4	2	1	0	–	14:40
19Derick BrassardC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	21	13:35
81Phil KesselC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	17:03
3Olli MaattaD	0	0	0	+1	1	5	3	0	–	17:09
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+2	1	3	1	0	–	21:21
50Juuso RiikolaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	18:16
73Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	–	17:35

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Matt MurrayG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:47

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

16Ryan StromeC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	55	10:59
89Pavel BuchnevichL	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	–	15:58
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	4	0	–	17:57
33Fredrik ClaessonD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0	0	–	17:57
54Adam McQuaidD	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	–	17:40
76Brady SkjeiD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	2	0	–	20:36
8Cody McLeodL	0	0	0	-2	1	5	0	0	–	06:11
13Kevin HayesR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	53	20:51
17Jesper FastR	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	–	18:17
20Chris KreiderC	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	–	19:44
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	54	13:19
24Boo NievesC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100	11:09
36Mats ZuccarelloC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	–	16:28
72Filip ChytilC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	–	13:20
90Vladislav NamestnikovC	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	2	–	16:07
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	61	19:45
18Marc StaalD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	–	19:03
44Neal PionkD	0	0	0	-2	3	2	2	0	–	21:10

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Henrik LundqvistG	L	18	12	6	.667	44:40
40Alexandar GeorgievG		7	6	1	.857	15:20