🗽 Away Rangers 39-27-9
3–4
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 40-27-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🗽 NYR 2103
🐧 PIT 2114

Rangers at Penguins

Penguins beat Rangers 4–3 at PPG Paints Arena on March 28, 2009.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Season series tied 3–3
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Ruslan Fedotenko
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 10:29 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Max Talbot
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 11:43 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G
7 shots · 24:38 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Max Talbot Go-ahead 1st · 08:57
Assists: Ruslan Fedotenko, Brooks Orpik · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–1
🐧 Matt Cooke 1st · 11:20
Assists: Max Talbot, Evgeni Malkin · beat Henrik Lundqvist
0–2
🗽 Ryan Callahan 1st · 18:28
Assists: Sean Avery, Scott Gomez · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
🗽 Brandon Dubinsky Tying 1st · 19:55
Assists: Nikolay Zherdev, Derek Morris · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–2
2nd period
🐧 Ruslan Fedotenko Go-ahead 2nd · 04:14
Assists: Rob Scuderi, Tyler Kennedy · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–3
🗽 Nik Antropov Tying 2nd · 15:16
Assists: Chris Drury, Dan Girardi · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–3
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 3rd · 09:56
Assists: Ruslan Fedotenko · beat Henrik Lundqvist
3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🗽Rangers
L1 Drury · Gomez · Callahan 18:45
L2 Sjostrom · Antropov · Zherdev 15:43
L3 Avery · Korpikoski · Dubinsky 15:04
L4 Naslund · Betts · Orr 7:57
D1 Girardi · Staal 30:02
D2 Redden · Morris 26:32
D3 Mara · Sauer 3:36
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Malkin · Crosby 24:38
L2 Cooke · Staal · Sykora 16:35
L3 Fedotenko · Talbot · Guerin 11:43
L4 Kennedy · Dupuis · Godard 7:27
D1 Gonchar · Letang 26:15
D2 Orpik · Scuderi 19:40
D3 Gill · Eaton 14:13

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🗽NYR PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 28
23 Hits 19
18 Blocked shots 19
3 Takeaways 2
1 Giveaways 5
41 Penalty minutes 20
NYR shooting 10.3% (3/29) PIT shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
24/28
.857 SV% · 4 GA · 59:16 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
26/29
.897 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 15-10-3 (54% win rate, 28 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 13-11-3 (48% win rate, 27 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 2nd: 9-6-4 (47% win rate, 19 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 7-4-2 (54% win rate, 13 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 3–3
Jan 282009 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 2–6 Jan 182009 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 0–3 Jan 52009 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 0–4 Dec 32008 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 2–3 SO Oct 252008 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 2–3 SO
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❓ NYR vs PIT, answered

Who won Rangers vs Penguins on March 28, 2009?

Penguins won 4–3. The final score was Rangers 3, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Rangers?

Brandon Dubinsky, Nik Antropov, Ryan Callahan.

Who scored for Penguins?

Matt Cooke, Max Talbot, Ruslan Fedotenko, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves on 28 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves on 29 shots (.897 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Penguins season series?

Season series tied 3–3 after 6 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMar 26 🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL 4–5 AfterMar 30 😈NJD @ 🗽NYR 0–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 25 🔥CGY @ 🐧PIT 0–2 AfterApr 1 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 1–6
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