The game between the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins will take place at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, March 16 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The New York Rangers will welcome the Pittsburgh Penguins to Madison Square Garden for an NHL game on Thursday. The New York Rangers won 5-3 in their last game over the Capitals. The New York Rangers gave coach Gerard Gallant the strong start he was looking for, and then they had to hold on for a big win. Mika Zibanejad scored twice in the first period and the Rangers beat the short-handed Washington Capitals 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Building off an excellent third period in their overtime loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday, the Rangers came out flying in this one, scoring three times in the first while outshooting the Capitals 19-9. “The start was great,” Gallant said. “The first period was outstanding. Nineteen shots, they shot the puck, they got inside, they did a lot of real good things. Real happy with the first period. After that it was OK. It was much better than the previous game, put it that way.”
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, Jacob Trouba and Jimmy Vesey also scored and Vincent Trocheck had two assists for the Rangers, who are 3-0-1 in their last four games and 5-2-1 in their past eight. Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves to help New York win the opener of a five-game homestand, its longest of the season. “We are finding ways to win,” Kane said. “Tonight was a step in the right direction. We have a lot of depth here. … It’s nice to see us stay in it and Shesterkin definitely made some unbelievable saves.”
The Pittsburgh Penguins on the other hand won 4-6 against the Penguins in their last game. Jake Guentzel had two goals and an assist, and Kris Letang had a goal and two assists for the Penguins (34-23-10), who remained two points ahead of the New York Islanders for the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference. The Islanders lost 5-2 at the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. “We came out strong and kind of let our foot off the gas, let them play an easy game,” Letang said. “It’s one of those that we should’ve grabbed those points.”
Tristan Jarry allowed four goals on seven shots before being relieved at the start of the second period by Casey DeSmith, who made 13 saves. Jarry has been pulled twice in his past four starts, and three times in his past eight. He allowed four goals on 12 shots before being relieved 22:37 into a 5-4 overtime win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on March 7.
Patrick Kane – Vincent Trocheck – Mika Zibanejad
Adam Fox – K’Andre Miller – Artemi Panarin
Igor Shesterkin – Vladimir Tarasenko – Jacob Trouba
Jimmy Vesey – Filip Chytil
Barclay Goodrow – Ben Harpur
Kaapo Kakko – Chris Kreider
Alexis Lafrenière – Niko Mikkola
Tyler Motte
Braden Schneider
Jake Guentzel – Kris Letang – Evgeni Malkin
Sidney Crosby – Marcus Pettersson – Rickard Rakell
Bryan Rust – Josh Archibald – Jeff Carter
Casey DeSmith – Brian Dumoulin
Mikael Granlund – Danton Heinen
Tristan Jarry – Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Alexander Nylander – Drew O’Connor
Jeff Petry
Jan Rutta
Jason Zucker
New York Rangers: Ryan Lindgren
Pittsburgh Penguins: Dmitry Kulikov, Ryan Poehling, Jan Rutta, Jeff Petry, Nick Bonino
The game between the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins will take place at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, March 16 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between theNew York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins will be telecast live on AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, MSG.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh, MSG. | March 16 (7:00 PM ET) |
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