🐧 Away Penguins 5-2-1
2–3
Final / SO
🗽 Home Rangers 7-2-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐧 PIT 11002
🗽 NYR 00213

Penguins at Rangers

Rangers beat Penguins 3–2 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden on October 25, 2008.

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Markus Naslund
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 19:30 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Nikolay Zherdev
1 G
3 shots · 18:11 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Scott Gomez
1 A
9 shots · 23:49 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Darryl Sydor Go-ahead 1st · 09:04
Assists: Tyler Kennedy, Kris Letang · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby 2nd · 15:59
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Alex Goligoski · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–0
3rd period
🗽 Markus Naslund PP 3rd · 05:09
Assists: Scott Gomez, Chris Drury · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–1
🗽 Nikolay Zherdev Tying 3rd · 19:51
Assists: Markus Naslund, Brandon Dubinsky · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 22:07
L2 Talbot · Dupuis · Satan 17:44
L3 Fedotenko · Kennedy · Sykora 13:23
L4 Cooke · Zigomanis · Godard 7:49
D1 Scuderi · Orpik 26:23
D2 Letang · Eaton 21:15
D3 Goligoski · Sydor 15:16
🗽Rangers
L1 Gomez · Drury · Dubinsky 21:42
L2 Naslund · Zherdev · Callahan 18:11
L3 Dawes · Voros · Prucha 12:40
L4 Sjostrom · Betts · Orr 8:41
D1 Redden · Mara 22:40
D2 Rozsival · Girardi 22:10
D3 Staal · Kalinin 20:12

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYR🗽
29 Shots on goal 44
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
27 Hits 29
15 Blocked shots 9
9 Takeaways 9
4 Giveaways 5
10 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 6.9% (2/29) NYR shooting 6.8% (3/44)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
42/44
.955 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 64:35 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Rangers lead the season series 1–0
May 42008 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 2–3 OT May 12008 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 0–3 Apr 292008 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 5–3 Apr 272008 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 0–2 Apr 252008 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 4–5
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❓ PIT vs NYR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Rangers on October 25, 2008?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Darryl Sydor, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Rangers?

Markus Naslund, Nikolay Zherdev.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 42 saves on 44 shots (.955 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 23 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 1–4 AfterOct 28 🐧PIT @ 🦈SJS 1–2
🗽 Rangers
BeforeOct 24 🗽NYR @ 🧥CBJ 3–1 AfterOct 27 🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI 4–2
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