🐧 Away Penguins 41-24-7
2–5
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 37-26-9
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🐧 PIT 0202
🗽 NYR 2125

Penguins at Rangers

Rangers beat Penguins 5–2 at Madison Square Garden on March 18, 2008.

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 4–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Sean Avery
2 G
3 shots · 17:07 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Martin Straka
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:27 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Chris Drury
2 A
3 shots · 18:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Sean Avery Go-ahead 1st · 11:07
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Michal Rozsival · beat Ty Conklin
0–1
🗽 Ryan Callahan 1st · 11:47
Assists: Chris Drury, Martin Straka · beat Ty Conklin
0–2
2nd period
🐧 Jarkko Ruutu 2nd · 01:38
Assists: Ryan Whitney, Darryl Sydor · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–2
🐧 Jordan Staal Tying 2nd · 03:11
Assists: Pascal Dupuis, Marian Hossa · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–2
🗽 Fredrik Sjostrom Go-ahead 2nd · 03:55
Unassisted · beat Ty Conklin
2–3
3rd period
🗽 Sean Avery 3rd · 05:37
Assists: Dan Girardi, Brandon Dubinsky · beat Ty Conklin
2–4
🗽 Martin Straka 3rd · 11:29
Assists: Chris Drury · beat Ty Conklin
2–5

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Staal · Dupuis 19:38
L2 Malone · Hossa · Sykora 17:19
L3 Ruutu · Talbot · Kennedy 14:56
L4 Taffe · James · Minard 7:13
D1 Gonchar · Orpik 23:01
D2 Gill · Whitney 19:15
D3 Letang · Sydor 17:41
🗽Rangers
L1 Drury · Dubinsky · Jagr 18:28
L2 Avery · Shanahan · Gomez 17:07
L3 Dawes · Straka · Callahan 13:03
L4 Sjostrom · Betts · Orr 8:29
D1 Rozsival · Backman 22:43
D2 Staal · Tyutin 19:22
D3 Malik · Girardi 17:55

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYR🗽
24 Shots on goal 30
37 Hits 36
9 Blocked shots 9
9 Takeaways 12
2 Giveaways 10
6 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 8.3% (2/24) NYR shooting 16.7% (5/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Ty Conklin
25/30
.833 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
22/24
.917 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Rangers lead the season series 4–2
Jan 142008 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Dec 182007 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 0–4 Nov 172007 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 4–3 OT Nov 82007 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 2–4 Oct 232007 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 0–1
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❓ PIT vs NYR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Rangers on March 18, 2008?

Rangers won 5–2. The final score was Penguins 2, Rangers 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jarkko Ruutu, Jordan Staal.

Who scored for Rangers?

Sean Avery (2), Fredrik Sjostrom, Martin Straka, Ryan Callahan.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ty Conklin made 25 saves on 30 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 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?

Rangers lead the season series 4–2 after 6 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 16 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 1–7 AfterMar 20 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 2–4
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMar 15 🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL 0–3 AfterMar 19 🗽NYR @ 😈NJD 2–1
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