New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, March 7, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena
NBCSN · SN1 · ATTSN-PT · MSG
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 5-1 on Sunday, March 7, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena.
Goals came from Mika Zibanejad, John Marino, Kasperi Kapanen, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Zachary Aston-Reese.
Casey DeSmith made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 3 of 6.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mika Zibanejad (3)Pavel Buchnevich (12), Jacob Trouba (4)1–001:18 NYR
John Marino (1)Kasperi Kapanen (9), Evan Rodrigues (1)1–116:13 PIT
Kasperi Kapanen (6)Jared McCann (5), Evgeni Malkin (12)1–216:52 PIT
Sidney Crosby (8)Brian Dumoulin (2), Kris Letang (12)1–317:14 PIT
3rd period
Evgeni Malkin (6)Kasperi Kapanen (10), Marcus Pettersson (1)1–413:57 PIT
Zachary Aston-Reese (5)Teddy Blueger (9), Brandon Tanev (5)1–516:37 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
24Shots on goal24
45%Faceoff %55%
0/1Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes2
43Hits25
11Blocked shots10
4Giveaways11
10Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:15
Sidney Crosby · tripping2 min - 1st 14:11
Ryan Lindgren · interference2 min - 2nd 10:01Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 11:57Mika Zibanejad · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 12Julien GauthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:19 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:27 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:53 |
| 48Brendan LemieuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:04 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 17:14 |
| 71Keith KinkaidG | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 42:46 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:49 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:49 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 6John MarinoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:50 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:26 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:08 |
| 57Anthony AngelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:27 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 20:20 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |