nhl Game Recap< BACK

Rangers Fall 5-1 Against Pittsburgh - Game Recap

The Penguins earned a 5-1 victory over the Rangers on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena.

Pittsburgh was favored by -142 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Pittsburgh got goals from Evgeni Malkin, John Marino, Zach Aston-Reese, Kasperi Kapanen, and Sidney Crosby in the victory. Marino opened the scoring at 16:13 of the first period.

Casey DeSmith turned in a 23-save effort for the Penguins.

Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers, finding the net behind Casey DeSmith.

Alexandar Georgiev stopped 3 of 6 shots for the Rangers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Pittsburgh scored 0 times on 3 chances on the power play, while New York went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Pittsburgh by a margin of 24-24.