Starting off with an extremely emotional night for the Rangers and their fans when Mats Zuccarello won the Steven MacDonald Extra Effort Award. This year with a bit more meaning now that Officer MacDonald is no longer with us.
The Rangers fell behind 1-0 in the first period when Pens' Nick Bonino scored just under 10 minutes in but were able to tie the game on a beautiful end to end rush by Captain Ryan McDonagh and then take the lead into intermission 2-1 when Derek Stepan scored on the game's only power play.
The Penguins tied the game in the second off a goal by Carter Rowney but Jimmy Vesey was able to regain the lead for the Rangers for the final time in the third period 3-2. Magnus Hellberg backstopped the Rangers to his first NHL wWin in his first NHL start with 22 saves on 24 shots.
The Rangers ended the season 48-28-6 and now head to the first round of the 2017 Playoffs against the Canadiens.
FINAL GAME REPORT
NEW YORK RANGERS 3 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 2
POWER PLAY: NYR 1/1 PIT 0/0
SHOTS ON GOAL: NYR 25 PIT 24
GOALTENDERS:
Pittsburgh - T. Jarry (22 SV)
New York - M. Hellberg (22 SV)
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
09:16 Pittsburgh Nick Bonino (18) ASST: Dominik Simon (1), Phil Kessel (47) 1-0
13:54 New York Ryan McDonagh (6) ASST: Michael Grabner (13) 1-1
18:31 New York PPG - Derek Stepan (17) ASST: Ryan McDonagh (36), Mika Zibanejad (22) 1-2
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
13:38 Pittsburgh Carter Rowney (3) 2-2
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
07:23 New York Jimmy Vesey (16) ASST: Mika Zibanejad (23) 2-3
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
18:17 Pittsburgh Jean-Sebastien Dea - Hooking - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties
RANGERS 3 STARS OF THE GAME
1. RYAN McDONAGH
2. JIMMY VESEY
3. MAGNUS HELLBERG
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