🐧 Away Penguins 14-6-3
2–3
Final / SO
🗽 Home Rangers 17-8-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🐧 PIT 11002
🗽 NYR 01113

Penguins at Rangers

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

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Wade Redden
2 A
3 shots · 24:40 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Scott Gomez
2 A
2 shots · 24:09 TOI
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Nikolay Zherdev
1 G
5 shots · 20:00 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Mark Eaton Go-ahead 1st · 13:56
Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
2nd period
🐧 Jordan Staal 2nd · 09:35
Assists: Rob Scuderi, Matt Cooke · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–0
🗽 Nikolay Zherdev 2nd · 10:56
Assists: Scott Gomez, Wade Redden · beat Dany Sabourin
2–1
3rd period
🗽 Petr Prucha Tying 3rd · 14:03
Assists: Scott Gomez, Wade Redden · beat Dany Sabourin
2–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 22:49
L2 Cooke · Talbot · Satan 18:04
L3 Fedotenko · Kennedy · Sykora 15:28
L4 Zigomanis · Dupuis · Godard 5:20
D1 Letang · Orpik 25:15
D2 Scuderi · Gill 20:34
D3 Goligoski · Eaton 17:20
🗽Rangers
L1 Naslund · Gomez · Zherdev 20:52
L2 Drury · Dubinsky · Callahan 16:54
L3 Korpikoski · Sjostrom · Prucha 13:10
L4 Voros · Betts · Orr 10:30
D1 Girardi · Redden 24:46
D2 Rozsival · Staal 22:46
D3 Mara · Kalinin 17:28

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYR🗽
31 Shots on goal 27
40 Hits 44
18 Blocked shots 21
11 Takeaways 8
2 Giveaways 6
11 Penalty minutes 11
PIT shooting 6.5% (2/31) NYR shooting 11.1% (3/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Dany Sabourin
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
29/31
.935 SV% · 2 GA · 64:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 4-1-2 (57% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1-2 (25% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Rangers lead the season series 2–0
Oct 252008 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 2–3 SO 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
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❓ PIT vs NYR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Rangers on December 3, 2008?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Jordan Staal, Mark Eaton.

Who scored for Rangers?

Nikolay Zherdev, Petr Prucha.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Dany Sabourin made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves on 31 shots (.935 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeNov 29 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 1–4 AfterDec 4 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 5–2
🗽 Rangers
BeforeNov 30 🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR 4–0 AfterDec 4 🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–6
Also on December 3
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