New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins

Saturday, December 31, 2005, 1:00 PM ET Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2005-2006 record
New York Rangers	3	44-26-12
at Pittsburgh Penguins	4	22-46-14

Goals by period, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
New York Rangers	1	1	1	0	3
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	1	1	1	4

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
New York Rangers	11	3	3	0	17
Pittsburgh Penguins	12	7	11	7	37

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:35	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tomas Surovy (5)	Sidney Crosby (23), Ziggy Palffy (24)	Even strength	NYR 0, PIT 1
1st	17:14	New York Rangers	Jaromir Jagr (25)	Martin Rucinsky (17), Martin Straka (31)	Power play	NYR 1, PIT 1
2nd	10:41	Pittsburgh Penguins	Michel Ouellet (4)	John LeClair (12), Sergei Gonchar (12)	Power play	NYR 1, PIT 2
2nd	12:37	New York Rangers	Martin Rucinsky (10)	Jaromir Jagr (36), Fedor Tyutin (9)	Power play	NYR 2, PIT 2
3rd	14:13	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tomas Surovy (6)	Dick Tarnstrom (5), Michel Ouellet (3)	Power play	NYR 2, PIT 3
3rd	16:38	New York Rangers	Fedor Tyutin (3)	Martin Rucinsky (18), Martin Straka (32)	Power play	NYR 3, PIT 3
OT	03:31	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby (19)	Michel Ouellet (4), Sergei Gonchar (13)	Power play	NYR 3, PIT 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

New York Rangers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 V. Nieminen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		07:40
Number 14 J. Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3%	17:00
Number 18 D. Moore	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0	27.3%	13:55
Number 19 B. Betts	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	42.9%	19:10
Number 25 P. Prucha	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	55.6%	16:58
Number 26 M. Rucinsky	L	1	2	3	-1	2	1	0	0	1	100%	17:51
Number 41 J. Ortmeyer	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		11:22
Number 44 R. Hollweg	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		03:55
Number 68 J. Jagr	R	1	1	2	0	0	7	0	0	1		22:35
Number 81 M. Hossa	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		12:34
Number 82 M. Straka	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		21:16
Number 92 M. Nylander	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	37.5%	18:31
Number 3 M. Rozsival	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	0		20:45
Number 6 D. Kasparaitis	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	0		15:42
Number 8 M. Malik	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		22:13
Number 24 M. Kondratiev	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0		14:10
Number 34 J. Strudwick	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:22
Number 51 F. Tyutin	D	1	1	2	-1	4	1	0	2	1		26:01

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 H. Lundqvist	37	33	4	.892	62:56	OT loss

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 M. Ouellet	R	1	2	3	0	0	3	1	1	1		19:24
Number 8 M. Recchi	R	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	75%	19:51
Number 10 J. LeClair	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		18:00
Number 14 S. Endicott	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	60%	14:17
Number 16 E. Christensen	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	60%	13:50
Number 20 C. Armstrong	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0		12:41
Number 23 E. Boguniecki	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		05:11
Number 25 M. Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	50%	11:01
Number 33 Z. Palffy	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		20:19
Number 36 A. Roy	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		02:04
Number 43 T. Surovy	L	2	0	2	+1	4	4	0	0	1		16:24
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	1	1	2	+1	2	4	2	1	1	62.5%	23:02
Number 2 J. Melichar	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		17:19
Number 5 R. Scuderi	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		21:35
Number 19 R. Whitney	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		25:38
Number 22 R. Jackman	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	0		15:26
Number 32 D. Tarnstrom	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2	0		21:05
Number 55 S. Gonchar	D	0	2	2	0	2	4	0	0	0		22:01

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 M. Fleury	17	14	3	.824	63:29	Win

Penalties, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:37	Pittsburgh Penguins	Shane Endicott	Holding	2
1st	12:59	New York Rangers	Fedor Tyutin	Hooking	2
1st	15:30	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tomas Surovy	Tripping	2
1st	15:54	Pittsburgh Penguins	Colby Armstrong	Hooking	2
2nd	06:00	New York Rangers	Martin Rucinsky	Holding	2
2nd	08:42	New York Rangers	Fedor Tyutin	Interference	2
2nd	09:35	New York Rangers	Jed Ortmeyer	Hooking	2
2nd	10:41	New York Rangers	Darius Kasparaitis	Roughing	2
2nd	10:41	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mark Recchi	Roughing	2
2nd	10:41	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mark Recchi	Roughing	2
2nd	14:18	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sergei Gonchar	Tripping	2
3rd	05:59	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ric Jackman	Hooking	2
3rd	08:43	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby	Boarding	2
3rd	12:25	New York Rangers	Maxim Kondratiev	Holding	2
3rd	13:11	New York Rangers	Michal Rozsival	Interference	2
3rd	15:23	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tomas Surovy	Tripping	2
3rd	20:00	New York Rangers	Marek Malik	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
OT	01:58	New York Rangers	Michal Rozsival	Delaying game puck over glass	2

New York Rangers head coach: Tom Renney
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Michel Therrien
Referees: Bill McCreary, Craig Spada
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Derek Amell
New York Rangers scratches: Steve Rucchin, Tom Poti, Fedor Fedorov, Alexandre Giroux, Jeff Taffe, Chad Wiseman, Colton Orr, Bryce Lampman, Thomas Pock, Jarkko Immonen, David Liffiton, Chris Holt, Al Montoya
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mario Lemieux, Lyle Odelein, Ryan Vandenbussche, Alain Nasreddine, Rico Fata, Matt Hussey, Konstantin Koltsov, Matt Murley, Sebastien Caron, Ryan Malone, Brooks Orpik, Guillaume Lefebvre, Noah Welch, Andy Chiodo, Lasse Pirjeta

Every New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins game in the 2005-2006 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at New York Rangers 2	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Mon, Nov 7, 2005
New York Rangers 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 1	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Nov 12, 2005
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at New York Rangers 2	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Thu, Dec 1, 2005
New York Rangers 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final/OT	Game page: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
New York Rangers 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins, Thu, Jan 19, 2006
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at New York Rangers 7	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Sat, Jan 28, 2006
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at New York Rangers 3	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers, Wed, Feb 1, 2006
New York Rangers 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins, Thu, Apr 13, 2006

Other NHL games on Saturday, December 31, 2005
Matchup	Status	Details
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Washington Capitals 4	Final/SO	Game page: Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
Anaheim Ducks 5 at St. Louis Blues 4	Final/SO	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
Toronto Maple Leafs 6 at New Jersey Devils 3	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Detroit Red Wings 5	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 5	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Carolina Hurricanes, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Dallas Stars 2	Final	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Dallas Stars, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Phoenix Coyotes, Sat, Dec 31, 2005
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Calgary Flames 6	Final	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Calgary Flames, Sat, Dec 31, 2005