New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at home.

Final score, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2008-2009 record
New York Rangers 3 43-30-9
at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 45-28-9

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
New York Rangers 15 7 7 29
Pittsburgh Penguins 9 10 9 28

Scoring summary

Every goal, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 08:57 Pittsburgh Penguins Max Talbot (11) Ruslan Fedotenko (17), Brooks Orpik (17) Even strength NYR 0, PIT 1
1st 11:20 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cooke (10) Max Talbot (9), Evgeni Malkin (74) Even strength NYR 0, PIT 2
1st 18:28 New York Rangers Ryan Callahan (20) Sean Avery (12), Scott Gomez (39) Even strength NYR 1, PIT 2
1st 19:55 New York Rangers Brandon Dubinsky (10) Nikolay Zherdev (34), Derek Morris (12) Even strength NYR 2, PIT 2
2nd 04:14 Pittsburgh Penguins Ruslan Fedotenko (14) Rob Scuderi (13), Tyler Kennedy (16) Even strength NYR 2, PIT 3
2nd 15:16 New York Rangers Nik Antropov (27) Chris Drury (32), Dan Girardi (16) Even strength NYR 3, PIT 3
3rd 09:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (29) Ruslan Fedotenko (18) Even strength NYR 3, PIT 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat New York Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 29 28
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 9
Penalty minutes 41 20
Hits 23 19
Blocked shots 18 19
Giveaways 1 5
Takeaways 3 2
Faceoffs won 32/60 (53.3%) 28/60 (46.7%)

Box score

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 13 N. Zherdev R 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 0 15:43
Number 15 B. Betts C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 44.4% 07:57
Number 16 S. Avery L 0 1 1 -1 5 0 1 0 15:04
Number 17 B. Dubinsky C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 5 0 35.7% 15:07
Number 19 S. Gomez C 0 1 1 -1 0 7 0 0 57.9% 18:45
Number 20 F. Sjostrom L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15:32
Number 23 C. Drury C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0 2 64.7% 18:53
Number 24 R. Callahan R 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 2 17:37
Number 28 C. Orr R 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 04:26
Number 29 L. Korpikoski L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 100% 09:10
Number 80 N. Antropov C 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 16:03
Number 91 M. Naslund L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 08:10
Number 5 D. Girardi D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 2 4 31:15
Number 6 W. Redden D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 27:00
Number 18 M. Staal D 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 28:50
Number 27 P. Mara D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 05:14
Number 53 D. Morris D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 26:04
Number 56 M. Sauer D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 01:59
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 H. Lundqvist 28 24 4 .857 59:16 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 P. Dupuis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 08:58
Number 11 J. Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 31.6% 18:40
Number 13 B. Guerin R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 100% 12:17
Number 14 C. Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 0 18:42
Number 17 P. Sykora R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 16:35
Number 24 M. Cooke L 1 0 1 +1 2 2 4 2 12:45
Number 25 M. Talbot C 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 57.1% 11:43
Number 26 R. Fedotenko L 1 2 3 +3 0 2 2 0 10:29
Number 28 E. Godard R 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 01:55
Number 48 T. Kennedy C 0 1 1 +2 5 2 2 0 07:27
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 50% 25:35
Number 87 S. Crosby C 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 55% 24:38
Number 2 H. Gill D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:59
Number 4 R. Scuderi D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 18:31
Number 7 M. Eaton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:27
Number 44 B. Orpik D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 3 3 20:49
Number 55 S. Gonchar D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 2 29:08
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 23:22
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 29 26 3 .897 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:49 New York Rangers Sean Avery Fighting (major) 5
1st 03:49 Pittsburgh Penguins Tyler Kennedy Fighting (major) 5
1st 06:43 New York Rangers Derek Morris Hooking 2
1st 15:18 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Cross checking 2
2nd 02:30 New York Rangers Colton Orr Fighting (major) 5
2nd 02:30 Pittsburgh Penguins Eric Godard Fighting (major) 5
2nd 07:15 New York Rangers Wade Redden Interference 2
2nd 10:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cooke Holding the stick 2
2nd 13:57 New York Rangers Marc Staal High sticking 2
2nd 14:01 Pittsburgh Penguins Bill Guerin Interference 2
2nd 15:50 New York Rangers Paul Mara Interference 2
2nd 18:11 New York Rangers Nikolay Zherdev Tripping 2
3rd 00:07 Pittsburgh Penguins Brooks Orpik Tripping 2
3rd 02:47 New York Rangers Colton Orr Game misconduct (game misconduct) 10
3rd 02:47 New York Rangers Colton Orr Interference (major) 5
3rd 02:51 Pittsburgh Penguins Chris Kunitz Hooking 2
3rd 10:33 New York Rangers Nik Antropov Interference 2
3rd 19:10 New York Rangers Chris Drury Hooking 2
3rd 19:55 New York Rangers Dan Girardi Tripping 2

Game information

New York Rangers head coach
John Tortorella
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Bylsma
Referees
Dave Jackson, Steve Kozari
Linesmen
Steve Miller, Brian Murphy
New York Rangers scratches
Michal Rozsival, Erik Reitz, Aaron Voros, Patrick Rissmiller, Corey Potter, Artem Anisimov
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Philippe Boucher, Miroslav Satan, Craig Adams, Dany Sabourin, Mike Zigomanis, Jeff Taffe, Connor James, Chris Minard, Ryan Stone, Paul Bissonnette, Alex Goligoski, Janne Pesonen, Bill Thomas, Tim Wallace, Ben Lovejoy, Luca Caputi, Dustin Jeffrey, John Curry

2008-2009 season series

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