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2016-17 regular season

Penguins at Rangers

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–1

Penguins beat Rangers 4–3 in a shootout at Madison Square Garden on March 31, 2017.

PIT – NYR
35–33
Shots on goal
0/3–1/2
Power play
15–24
Hits
22–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:00 TOI
2nd star 🗽 NYR
Nick Holden
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 20:42 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Matt Murray
30 saves
0.909 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Jake Guentzel Go-ahead 2nd · 00:39
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–0
🐧 Sidney Crosby 2nd · 10:46
Assists: Conor Sheary, Ron Hainsey · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–0
🗽 Nick Holden PP 2nd · 19:33
Unassisted · beat Matt Murray
2–1
3rd period
🐧 Bryan Rust 3rd · 06:46
Assists: Ian Cole · beat Henrik Lundqvist
3–1
🗽 Rick Nash 3rd · 08:50
Assists: J.T. Miller, Dan Girardi · beat Matt Murray
3–2
🗽 Chris Kreider Tying 3rd · 19:48
Assists: J.T. Miller, Nick Holden · beat Matt Murray
3–3
Shootout
🐧 Phil Kessel Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Henrik Lundqvist
4–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Sheary · Crosby · Kessel 19:42
L2 Kunitz · Cullen · Bonino 17:43
L3 Guentzel · Hornqvist · Rust 16:32
L4 Rowney · Wilson · Kuhnhackl 8:56
D1 Schultz · Hainsey 24:54
D2 Cole · Dumoulin 20:44
D3 Ruhwedel · Streit 15:14
🗽Rangers
L1 Nash · Stepan · Zibanejad 20:00
L2 Kreider · Zuccarello · Hayes 18:21
L3 Grabner · Miller · Fast 14:56
L4 Buchnevich · Puempel · Lindberg 9:03
D1 Skjei · Holden 22:56
D2 Girardi · Smith 19:18
D3 Klein · Staal 17:59

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYR🗽
35 Shots on goal 33
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
15 Hits 24
22 Blocked shots 18
4 Takeaways 8
9 Giveaways 16
4 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 11.4% (4/35) NYR shooting 9.1% (3/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 65:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 63:43 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 7 goals located
Jake Guentzel · 2nd 00:39 · 1–0 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 10:46 · 2–0 Nick Holden · 2nd 19:33 · 2–1 Bryan Rust · 3rd 06:46 · 3–1 Rick Nash · 3rd 08:50 · 3–2 Chris Kreider · 3rd 19:48 · 3–3
PIT NYR
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 14-6-8 (50% win rate, 28 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 18-11-2 (58% win rate, 31 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 18-0-1 (95% win rate, 19 games)
Rangers
Rangers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-7-2 (31% win rate, 13 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 3–1
Dec 202016 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 2–7 Nov 232016 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 6–1 Nov 212016 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Apr 232016 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 3–6 Apr 212016 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 5–0
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PIT vs NYR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Rangers on March 31, 2017?

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

Who scored for Penguins?

Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Rangers?

Chris Kreider, Nick Holden, Rick Nash.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 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?

Penguins lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 29 🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT 5–1 AfterApr 2 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 2–3
🗽 Rangers
BeforeMar 28 🗽NYR @ 🦈SJS 4–5 AfterApr 2 🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR 3–4
Also on March 31
😈NJD 1–2 🏝️NYI 🧥CBJ 1–3 🪶CHI 🎵STL 1–2 🏔️COL 🦈SJS 2–5 🔥CGY 👑LAK 2–0 🐋VAN 🦅WSH 3–6 🌵ARI
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