Penguins 2–3 Rangers — Final Score & Stats (Dec 7, 2006)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

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1st star 🗽 NYR

Brendan Shanahan

1 G

4 shots · 22:00 TOI

2nd star 🗽 NYR

Blair Betts

1 G

3 shots · 16:37 TOI

3rd star 🗽 NYR

Jason Ward

1 A

3 shots · 16:16 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Nisse Ekman Go-ahead 1st · 18:38

Unassisted · beat Henrik Lundqvist

1–0

2nd period

🐧 Sidney Crosby PP 2nd · 11:33

Assists: Mark Recchi, Marc-Andre Fleury · beat Henrik Lundqvist

2–0

3rd period

🗽 Blair Betts SH 3rd · 08:43

Assists: Jason Ward, Michal Rozsival · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

2–1

🗽 Brendan Shanahan PP Tying 3rd · 10:13

Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Malone · Moore · Recchi 18:45

L2 Crosby · Malkin · Armstrong 17:42

L3 Staal · Ouellet · Ekman 12:31

L4 Ruutu · Talbot · Christensen 9:53

D1 Gonchar · Whitney 26:35

D2 Melichar · Nasreddine 22:14

D3 Orpik · Dupont 15:10

🗽Rangers

L1 Shanahan · Straka · Jagr 25:21

L2 Cullen · Betts · Ward 16:37

L3 Hossa · Immonen · Hall 11:31

L4 Hollweg · Nylander · Prucha 8:56

D1 Rozsival · Tyutin 23:26

D2 Rachunek · Malik 20:16

D3 Ward · Kasparaitis 17:36

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT NYR🗽

30 Shots on goal 22

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

15 Hits 27

15 Blocked shots 21

7 Takeaways 13

4 Giveaways 17

16 Penalty minutes 10

PIT shooting 6.7% (2/30) NYR shooting 13.6% (3/22)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Marc-Andre Fleury

20/22

.909 SV% · 2 GA · 64:58 TOI

🗽Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 64:58 TOI

Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-1-2 (62% win rate, 8 games)

Rangers

Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-6-2 (20% win rate, 10 games)

After 2nd — 2–0

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Rangers

Rangers — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2

Nov 252006 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 2–1 OT Nov 182006 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 1–3 Oct 122006 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 6–5 Apr 132006 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 3–5 Feb 12006 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 1–3

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Who won Penguins vs Rangers on December 7, 2006?

Rangers won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Penguins 2, Rangers 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Nisse Ekman, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Rangers?

Blair Betts, Brendan Shanahan.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Rangers season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 5 🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT 3–2 AfterDec 9 🐧PIT @ 🐦ATL 4–3

🗽 Rangers

BeforeDec 3 🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR 7–4 AfterDec 9 🗽NYR @ 🏛️OTT 3–1

Also on December 7

🍁TOR 1–3 🐻BOS 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 🏝️NYI 🐦ATL 0–8 ⚡TBL ⚔️BUF 1–3 🐆FLA 🎵STL 3–4 🐙DET 🔥CGY 2–3 🌲MIN 🌵PHX 2–1 🪶CHI 🐯NSH 4–1 👑LAK

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