PITTSBURGH 5, NY
RANGERS 2
WHEN: 7:00
PM ET, Monday, March 25, 2019
WHERE: Madison Square Garden,
New York, New York
REFEREES: Pierre Lambert, Chris
Rooney
LINESMEN: Brad Kovachik, Brian
Murphy
ATTENDANCE: 17401
Matt Cullen scored the tiebreaking goal in the second
period, rookie Teddy Blueger scored twice, and the Pittsburgh Penguins scored
five unanswered goals in a 5-2 victory over the host New York Rangers on Monday
night.
Pittsburgh (42-24-11, 95 points) won its third
consecutive game and moved into a tie for second place in the Metropolitan
Division with the New York Islanders. The Penguins and Islanders are one point
behind the Washington Capitals for the division lead.
Cullen scored his first goal in 28 games by ripping a
high wrist shot off the crossbar from the right circle to give Pittsburgh a 3-2
lead at 7:17 of the middle period.
Blueger added a short-handed goal nearly five minutes
later by backhanding Bryan Rust's pass from behind the net past goaltender Alexandar
Georgiev. Blueger added insurance 7:38 into the third by tapping a rebound
under Georgiev. The goal stood after the Rangers challenged.
Nick Bjugstad scored late in the first period and
defenseman Justin Schultz tallied early in the second on the power play as
Pittsburgh improved to 14-4-4 in its past 22 games.
Matt Murray made 33 saves and improved to 6-0-0 lifetime
against the Rangers in the regular season. He also improved to 8-2-2 in his
past 12 starts.
Sidney Crosby had an assist, and Phil Kessel and Marcus
Pettersson added two assists apiece for the Penguins, who played without Evgeni
Malkin (upper-body injury) for the fifth straight game and also scratched
defenseman Kris Letang (upper-body injury).
Brendan Lemieux and Vinni Lettieri tallied for the
Rangers, who lost for the sixth time in seven games. New York (29-33-13, 71
points) was denied in its bid for its first consecutive wins since winning
three straight Jan. 15-19.
Georgiev allowed five goals on 36 shots.
The Rangers went ahead at 8:25 of the first period when
Pavel Buchnevich whipped a cross-ice pass to Lemieux, who one-timed the puck
from the right circle over Murray.
Lettieri made it with 4:45 left when he fired a slap shot
from the left circle over Murray's stick for his first goal of the season. Just
26 seconds later, Bjugstad swept a rebound off Georgiev's pads into the net.
The Penguins tied the game 61 seconds into the second
when Schultz blasted Crosby's pass from behind the net past Georgiev.
TOP GAME
PERFORMANCES
|
PITTSBURGH
|
|
NY RANGERS
|
|
Teddy Blueger 2
|
Points
|
Brendan Lemieux 1
|
|
Teddy Blueger 2
|
Goals
|
Brendan Lemieux 1
|
|
Phil Kessel 2
|
Assists
|
Pavel Buchnevich 1
|
|
Justin Schultz 1
|
Power Play Goals
|
Vinni Lettieri 1
|
|
Teddy Blueger 1
|
Short Handed
Goals
|
N/A
|
|
Matt Murray .943
|
Save Percentage
|
Alexandar Georgiev .861
|
|
Matt Murray 33
|
Saves
|
Alexandar Georgiev 31
|
TEAM STATS SUMMARY
|
TEAM
|
SHOTS
|
GOALS
|
POWER PLAY
|
PENALTY KILL
|
PENALTY MINS
|
FACE OFFS WON
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
36
|
5
|
1-3
|
2-3
|
6
|
27
|
|
NY Rangers
|
35
|
2
|
1-3
|
2-3
|
6
|
24
|
MY GAMES 3 STARS OF
THE GAME
MY GAMES 3RD
STAR: Penguins Center Matt Cullen with a goal
MY GAMES 2ND STAR: Penguins Goaltender Matt Murray who made 33 saves with a save percentage
of .943
MY GAMES 1ST STAR: Penguins Center Teddy Blueger with 2 goals
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FINAL SCORING
SUMMARY
|
FINAL
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
T
|
|
PITTSBURGH
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
|
NY RANGERS
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
|
Player
|
POS
|
G
|
A
|
P
|
+/-
|
PIM
|
SOG
|
SHF
|
TOI
|
EV
|
PP
|
SH
|
PP
|
SH
|
HT
|
BS
|
FW
|
FL
|
FO%
|
|
Casey
DeSmith
|
G
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Matt Murray
|
G
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
60:00
|
50:09
|
4:34
|
5:17
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Justin
Schultz
|
D
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
4
|
27
|
21:36
|
18:23
|
3:13
|
0:00
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Zach
Trotman
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
0
|
3
|
22
|
15:54
|
14:23
|
0:51
|
0:40
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Matt Cullen
|
C
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
+1
|
0
|
2
|
14
|
9:56
|
6:52
|
0:00
|
3:04
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
50
|
|
Brian
Dumoulin
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+2
|
0
|
4
|
25
|
19:43
|
15:34
|
0:49
|
3:20
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Garrett
Wilson
|
LW
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
+1
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
6:22
|
6:22
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Dominik
Simon
|
LW
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
+1
|
0
|
2
|
20
|
16:16
|
15:06
|
1:10
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Bryan Rust
|
RW
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
E
|
0
|
3
|
26
|
19:53
|
16:50
|
0:00
|
3:03
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jared
McCann
|
C
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
+1
|
0
|
2
|
23
|
14:52
|
11:54
|
1:05
|
1:53
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
50
|
|
Nick
Bjugstad
|
C
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
+1
|
0
|
1
|
22
|
16:16
|
15:25
|
0:51
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
-
|
8
|
3
|
73
|
|
Marcus
Pettersson
|
D
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
+2
|
2
|
2
|
28
|
20:54
|
16:49
|
1:48
|
2:17
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Erik
Gudbranson
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+2
|
0
|
1
|
27
|
20:03
|
18:06
|
0:00
|
1:57
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Adam
Johnson
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
0
|
2
|
8
|
5:33
|
5:33
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Teddy
Blueger
|
C
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
+2
|
0
|
3
|
21
|
14:42
|
12:50
|
0:00
|
1:52
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
45
|
|
Jake
Guentzel
|
LW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
3
|
25
|
20:46
|
16:42
|
3:43
|
0:21
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Patric
Hornqvist
|
RW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
2
|
1
|
21
|
16:06
|
13:58
|
2:08
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Jack
Johnson
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
2
|
2
|
29
|
19:30
|
17:10
|
0:00
|
2:20
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Phil Kessel
|
RW
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
+1
|
0
|
1
|
21
|
16:17
|
12:48
|
3:29
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sidney
Crosby
|
C
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
25
|
20:04
|
16:00
|
3:43
|
0:21
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
2
|
10
|
11
|
48
|
NEW YORK RANGERS
|
Player
|
POS
|
G
|
A
|
P
|
+/-
|
PIM
|
SOG
|
SHF
|
TOI
|
EV
|
PP
|
SH
|
PP
|
SH
|
HT
|
BS
|
FW
|
FL
|
FO%
|
|
Henrik
Lundqvist
|
G
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Alexandar
Georgiev
|
G
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
60:00
|
50:09
|
5:17
|
4:34
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Ryan Strome
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
2
|
20
|
17:12
|
13:09
|
2:48
|
1:15
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
50
|
|
Brett
Howden
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
2
|
3
|
16
|
9:54
|
9:54
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
17
|
|
Kevin
Shattenkirk
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
2
|
26
|
18:45
|
16:49
|
1:56
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Boo Nieves
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
1
|
13
|
8:02
|
7:38
|
0:00
|
0:24
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Jimmy Vesey
|
LW
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
14:41
|
9:32
|
2:29
|
2:40
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Fredrik
Claesson
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
0
|
3
|
25
|
18:44
|
16:49
|
0:00
|
1:55
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Brendan
Smith
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
12:24
|
10:56
|
0:00
|
1:28
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Neal Pionk
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
2
|
24
|
17:10
|
14:04
|
0:00
|
3:06
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Brendan
Lemieux
|
LW
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
E
|
0
|
3
|
24
|
15:39
|
13:04
|
2:35
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Lias
Andersson
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
14:53
|
13:14
|
0:00
|
1:39
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
-
|
3
|
5
|
38
|
|
John
Gilmour
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
3
|
19
|
14:51
|
14:51
|
0:00
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Filip
Chytil
|
C
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
14:42
|
12:13
|
2:29
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
40
|
|
Brady Skjei
|
D
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
E
|
2
|
2
|
28
|
21:13
|
18:21
|
0:13
|
2:39
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Tony
DeAngelo
|
D
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
E
|
0
|
3
|
25
|
22:33
|
19:12
|
3:21
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Pavel
Buchnevich
|
RW
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
E
|
0
|
3
|
24
|
18:21
|
15:33
|
2:48
|
0:00
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Vladislav
Namestnikov
|
C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-2
|
0
|
1
|
19
|
17:58
|
13:53
|
2:35
|
1:30
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mika
Zibanejad
|
C
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
+1
|
0
|
2
|
25
|
19:11
|
14:49
|
2:42
|
1:40
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
7
|
65
|
|
Vinni
Lettieri
|
C
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
5
|
21
|
19:13
|
16:44
|
2:29
|
0:00
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Goaltending
|
Pittsburgh
|
||||||
|
|
Shots
|
Saves
|
GA
|
SV %
|
PIM
|
TOI
|
|
Matt Murray W
(27-12-5)
|
35
|
33
|
2
|
.943
|
0
|
60:00
|
|
NY Rangers
|
||||||
|
|
Shots
|
Saves
|
GA
|
SV %
|
PIM
|
TOI
|
|
Alexandar
Georgiev L (11-13-3)
|
36
|
31
|
5
|
.861
|
0
|
60:00
|
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