STROME SCORES IN OT TO LIFT RANGERS PAST PENGUINS 4-3

NY RANGERS 4, PITTSBURGH 3

WHEN: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 6, 2019

WHERE: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

REFEREES: Brian Pochmara, Kelly Sutherland

LINESMEN: Steve Miller, Tyson Baker

ATTENDANCE: 18660

Ryan Strome scored on a wrist shot from the left dot at 2:09 of overtime Saturday to give the visiting New York Rangers a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Pittsburgh's playoff lot came down to Saturday's results on the final night of the regular season. The Penguins (44-26-12) finished third in the Metropolitan Division and will be the road team in a first-round series against the New York Islanders.

Brendan Smith, Brady Skjei and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Rangers, who are out of the playoffs and finished 32-36-14.

Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev made 36 saves.

Jake Guentzel's 40th goal off a rebound that gave Sidney Crosby 100 points came with 2:35 left in regulation and tied it at 3 after the Rangers scored twice in a span of 1:16 in the third for a 3-2 lead.

Crosby and Nick Bjugstad also scored for Pittsburgh, and Matt Murray made 26 saves.

Crosby opened the scoring at 6:36 of the first. He and Guentzel had a two-on-one breakaway with New York's Neal Pionk defending. Crosby one-timed a pass from Guentzel short side from the lower part of the right circle for his 35th goal.

The Rangers pulled even at 12:49 of the first. Pittsburgh's Garrett Wilson turned the puck over in the neutral zone, allowing Smith to move in on Murray and let loose a shot that sailed over the goalie's left shoulder.

Bjugstad gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead at 2:28 of the third. Marcus Pettersson took a shot from the left point. Pittsburgh's Patric Hornqvist got his stick on the puck, which knuckled to Bjugstad, who batted the puck behind Georgiev.

Skjei tied it 2-2 at 12:34 of the third. Off a three-on-two, he wristed a shot past Murray's glove.

Namestnikov gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead when he scored short-handed on a shot that went off Murray's stick and skittered in off the goalie's body.

On the tying goal, Pittsburgh's Justin Schultz worked to keep the puck in New York's end. Crosby's shot from in close bounced off at least one Rangers player, and Guentzel scored on the rebound.

GAME NOTES

Pittsburgh recorded 100 points for the 10th time in the last 12 full seasons. ... Penguins D Brian Dumoulin missed his third straight game, but he skated Saturday morning. ... Guentzel joined Chris Kunitz as the only players other than Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to lead the team in goals during the Crosby and Malkin era. ... Guentzel, Phil Kessel, and Jack Johnson played all 82 games for Pittsburgh. Kessel played in every game for the ninth consecutive year, a total of 774 straight games. Pettersson, who spent time in Anaheim this season, led the league in games played with 84 this season. Mika Zibanejad played in every game for New York.

UP NEXT

RANGERS: End of season

PENGUINS: Open the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at the New York Islanders.

MY 3 STARS OF THE GAME

MY GAMES 3^RD STAR: Penguins Center Sidney Crosby who had 1 goal and 1 assist

MY GAMES 2^ND STAR:  Penguins Center Jake Guentzel who had 1 goal and 1 assist

MY GAMES 1^ST STAR:  Rangers Center Ryan Strome who had 1 goal

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST PERIOD 6:36 Penguins Sidney Crosby (35) Assists: Jake Guentzel, Jared McCann 0 1 12:49 Rangers Brendan Smith (4) Unassisted 1 1

2ND PERIOD No Goals Scored

3RD PERIOD 2:28 Penguins Nick Bjugstad (14) Assists: Patric Hornqvist, Marcus Pettersson 1 2 12:34 Rangers Brady Skjei (8) Assists: Kevin Shattenkirk 2 2 13:50 Rangers Vladislav Namestnikov (11) (Shorthanded) Assists: Neal Pionk 3 2 17:25 Penguins Jake Guentzel (40) Assists: Sidney Crosby, Justin Schultz 3 3

OT SUMMARY 2:09 Rangers Ryan Strome (19) Assists: Vladislav Namestnikov 4 3 TOP GAME PERFORMANCES NY RANGERS PITTSBURGH Vladislav Namestnikov 2 Points Sidney Crosby 2 Vladislav Namestnikov 1 Goals Sidney Crosby 1 Vladislav Namestnikov 1 Assists Sidney Crosby 1 N/A Power Play Goals N/A Vladislav Namestnikov 1 Short Handed Goals N/A Alexandar Georgiev .923 Save Percentage Matt Murray .867 Alexandar Georgiev 36 Saves Matt Murray 26 TEAM STATS SUMMARY TEAM SHOTS GOALS POWER PLAY PENALTY KILL PENALTY MINS FACE OFFS WON NY RANGERS 30 4 0-0 4-4 8 28 PITTSBURGH 39 3 0-4 0-0 0 34

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL OT	1	2	3	OT	T
NY RANGERS	1	0	2	1	4
PITTSBURGH	1	0	2	0	3

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		62:09	54:09	0:00	8:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ryan Strome	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	23	16:35	13:59	0:00	2:36	0	0	-	-	2	4	33
Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	28	22:36	17:44	0:00	4:52	0	0	2	2	-	-	-
Chris Kreider	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	2	22	15:48	15:48	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	1	1	1	50
Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	25	18:51	16:19	0:00	2:32	0	0	-	1	7	12	37
Kevin Shattenkirk	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	28	20:36	20:36	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	5	-	-	-
Connor Brickley	LW	0	0	0	+1	0	0	13	9:05	9:05	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Boo Nieves	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	12	8:33	8:33	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	1	6	14
Jimmy Vesey	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	0	20	14:33	12:21	0:00	2:12	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Fredrik Claesson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	27	20:23	16:58	0:00	3:25	0	0	4	-	-	-	-
Brendan Smith	D	1	0	1	E	2	2	15	11:02	11:02	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	1	-	-	-
Neal Pionk	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	24	19:49	15:14	0:00	4:35	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Brendan Lemieux	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	0	17	14:11	14:11	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	1	-	-	-
Lias Andersson	C	0	0	0	E	2	1	22	13:38	11:46	0:00	1:52	0	0	1	-	4	2	67
Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	-3	2	4	20	14:14	14:14	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	4	-	-	-
Brady Skjei	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	31	24:09	21:01	0:00	3:08	0	0	6	1	-	-	-
Pavel Buchnevich	RW	0	0	0	E	0	3	22	16:50	16:50	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Vladislav Namestnikov	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	24	17:01	13:49	0:00	3:12	0	1	4	2	1	0	100
Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	E	0	2	27	20:33	16:57	0:00	3:36	0	0	1	1	12	9	57

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		62:01	54:01	8:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	23	18:29	18:29	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	28	21:23	17:56	3:27	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	E	0	1	15	9:59	9:59	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	4	1	80
Garrett Wilson	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	2	9	6:37	6:37	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Dominik Simon	LW	0	0	0	+1	0	2	19	13:59	13:59	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Bryan Rust	RW	0	0	0	E	0	1	18	14:18	14:18	0:00	0:00	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Jared McCann	C	0	1	1	E	0	4	24	18:45	15:49	2:56	0:00	0	0	1	-	0	1	0
Nick Bjugstad	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	22	17:16	15:06	2:10	0:00	0	0	3	1	5	6	45
Marcus Pettersson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	23	16:24	15:03	1:21	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	E	0	2	24	16:26	16:26	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	9	6:48	6:48	0:00	0:00	0	0	1	1	1	0	100
Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	27	27:58	21:55	6:03	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Jake Guentzel	LW	1	1	2	E	0	4	27	21:19	17:59	3:20	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	22	19:50	14:46	5:04	0:00	0	0	1	-	9	5	64
Patric Hornqvist	RW	0	1	1	+1	0	3	24	18:36	13:56	4:40	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	E	0	1	24	16:20	16:20	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	2	-	-	-
Phil Kessel	RW	0	0	0	-2	0	3	22	19:51	14:42	5:09	0:00	0	0	1	-	-	-	-
Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	E	0	3	24	22:17	16:27	5:50	0:00	0	0	-	1	15	15	50

Goaltending

NY Rangers
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Alexandar Georgiev W (14-13-4)	39	36	3	.923	0	62:09

Pittsburgh
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Matt Murray L (29-14-6)	30	26	4	.867	0	62:01