NEW YORK RANGERS POST GAME REPORT

Rangers score five unanswered goals to defeat Penguins 5-2

What looked like it was going to be along night for the New York Rangers after a 2 goal first period for the Penguins turned into another comeback game for the Blueshirts.

Three goals in the second period by Rick Nash, Michael Grabner and J.T. Miller along with two in the final period by Kevin Hayes and an empty net goal that sealed the deal for New York by Derek Stepan. Antti Raanta with another solid game in net for the Rangers finished the night with 29 saves including a flurry of shots in the last two minutes of the game.

Michael Grabner's 2nd period goal, his 12th puts him tied for the league lead with Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Winnipeg's Patrick Laine. Grabner leads the league in even strength goals as well with 12.

J.T. Miller scored his first NHL career short handed goal and also earned himself the Broadway Hat.

Prior to the game Rangers Head Coach Alain Vigneault announced that Rookie Pavel buchnevich will miss 2-3 weeks but has no structural damage to his back.

NEXT GAME: The Rangers bring it home and look to take game number two from the Pens on Wednesday 7:00 PM!

FINAL GAME STATS 

NEW YORK RANGERS 5 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 2
SOG: NYR 36 PIT 31

POWER PLAY:  NYR  0/1 PIT 0/2

GOALTENDERS:
New York - A. Raanta (29 SV) W
Pittsburgh - M. Fleury (31 SV) L

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
01:02 Pittsburgh Jake Guentzel (1) ASST: Phil Kessel (13), Trevor Daley (5) 0-1
13:12 Pittsburgh Jake Guentzel (2) ASST: Evgeni Malkin (9), Phil Kessel (14) 0-2
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
04:51 New York Rick Nash (8) 1-2
14:23 New York Michael Grabner (12) ASST: Ryan McDonagh (12) 2-2
19:11 New York SHG - J.T. Miller (8) ASST: Kevin Hayes (9) 3-2
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
12:46 New York Kevin Hayes (9) ASST: Ryan McDonagh (13) 4-2
18:37 New York EN - Derek Stepan (3) 5-2

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
02:15 Pittsburgh Kris Letang - High-sticking - 2 minutes
02:15 New York Josh Jooris - Slashing - 2 minutes
17:12 New York Dan Girardi - Roughing - 2 minutes
17:12 Pittsburgh Evgeni Malkin - Cross-checking - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
05:31 New York Jesper Fast - Tripping - 2 minutes
11:56 Pittsburgh Sidney Crosby - Interference - 2 minutes
18:49 New York Brady Skjei - Interference - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties

3 STARS OF THE GAME: 

1. RYAN McDONAGH NYR

2. Jake Guentzel PIT

3. KEVIN HAYES NYR

BROADWAY HAT:

J.T. MILLER