Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, April 8, 2021 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 32-24.
Goals came from Radim Zohorna, Colin Blackwell, Kris Letang, Evan Rodrigues, Jason Zucker, Kevin Rooney and Mark Jankowski.
Tristan Jarry made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Radim Zohorna (2)Marcus Pettersson (4), Kris Letang (25)1–006:26 PIT
2nd period
Colin Blackwell (11)Pavel Buchnevich (20), Kaapo Kakko (4)1–102:02 NYR · PPG
Kris Letang (7)Jake Guentzel (23), Brian Dumoulin (6)2–103:23 PIT
Evan Rodrigues (5)Radim Zohorna (2), Jason Zucker (4)3–111:28 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Jason Zucker (6)Evan Rodrigues (5), Cody Ceci (7)4–110:29 PIT
Kevin Rooney (6)Adam Fox (32)4–213:48 NYR
Mark Jankowski (4)Zachary Aston-Reese (3)5–218:29 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITNYR
32Shots on goal24
59%Faceoff %41%
1/4Power play1/4
15Penalty minutes15
22Hits19
9Blocked shots14
5Giveaways12
4Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 07:21
Jacob Trouba · slashing2 min - 1st 17:18
Mike Matheson · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 2nd 00:17Jake Guentzel · hooking2 min
- 2nd 05:24Jason Zucker · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:18Brendan Smith · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:18Sam Lafferty · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:18Brendan Smith · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:14Brendan Smith · fighting5 min
- 2nd 16:14Sam Lafferty · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:59Cody Ceci · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
- 3rd 05:55Adam Fox · slashing2 min
- 3rd 06:41Sidney Crosby · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3rd 15:07Mika Zibanejad · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13:09 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 67Radim ZohornaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 09:47 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 24:40 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 11:50 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 11Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:30 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:59 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:56 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:18 |
New York Rangers
| 17Kevin RooneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:01 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:30 |
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:19 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:26 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:33 |
| 74Vitali KravtsovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:04 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 25Libor HajekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 79K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 58:55 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |