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New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

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5–6

Final

SOG 20–34

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 6-5 on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 34-20.

Anthony Mantha scored twice, Noel Acciari scored twice and Alexis Lafrenière scored twice. Rickard Rakell, Vincent Trocheck, Vladislav Gavrikov, Ben Kindel and Will Cuylle also scored.

Stuart Skinner made 15 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 28 of 33.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New York RangersNYR014520
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT213634

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNoel AcciariPIT · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starAnthony ManthaPIT · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starAlexis LafrenièreNYR · 2G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:45

0–3 · 2nd 12:59 · Mantha. Cuylle was 1:45 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNYR on icePIT on ice

0–1 PIT

1st 2:37 · Mantha

Long shift: Vaakanainen 1:09

0–2 PIT

1st 6:05 · Acciari

Carrick 0:43

0–3 PIT

2nd 12:59 · Mantha

Stuck out there: Cuylle 1:45

1–3 NYR

2nd 18:28 · PP · Lafrenière

Kulak 0:13

1–4 PIT

3rd 1:20 · PP · Rakell

Raddysh 0:56

1–5 PIT

3rd 1:40 · Acciari

Zibanejad 0:20

2–5 NYR

3rd 9:12 · SH · Trocheck

Stuck out there: Malkin 1:30

3–5 NYR

3rd 15:15 · Gavrikov

Long shift: McGroarty 1:22

3–6 PIT

3rd 17:28 · EN · Kindel

Trocheck 0:45

4–6 NYR

3rd 18:53 · Lafrenière

Novak 0:44

5–6 NYR

3rd 19:49 · Cuylle

Crosby 0:56

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NYRPIT
20Shots on goal34
61%Faceoff %39%
1/3Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes8
26Hits16
10Blocked shots12
12Giveaways12
2Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 06:10Rutger McGroarty · tripping2 min
  • 1st 17:40Scott Morrow · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 03:19Matthew Robertson · interference2 min
  • 2nd 10:56Jonny Brodzinski · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 17:09Sam Carrick · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 17:09Anthony Mantha · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 18:15Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Will Cuylle · holding2 min
  • 3rd 04:37Ilya Solovyov · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 08:24Will Borgen · roughing2 min

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