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The Pittsburgh Penguins stumbled against the New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon, losing 3-2 in a shootout.
Vincent Trocheck scored in the first round of the shootout Saturday afternoon as the New York Rangers snapped a five-game losing streak by rallying for a 3-2 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins.
Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves, including five in overtime, and the New York Rangers rallied from down two goals for a 3-2 shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday.
The vibes were all positive to start at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. But in the end, the New York Rangers’ home-ice misery this season continued, when they let a two-goal lead slip away in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in their first game after the three-week Olympic break.
Zibanejad scored a power-play goal in a 3-2 shootout win over the Penguins on Saturday. It was Zibanejad's team-leading 24th goal and 12th on the power play. He has 53 points and 159 shots in 58 games this season. Zibanejad's goal was his 338th in the NHL, which surpassed Henrik Zetterberg for the seventh-most by a Sweden-born player.
Michkov broke in alone from the left wing to beat Igor Shesterkin five-hole for his second goal of the game after the Flyers killed off a penalty he took for goalie interference with nine seconds remaining in the third period, which carried over into overtime.
The Pittsburgh Penguins face the New York Rangers in a regular season NHL game on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Madison Square Garden.
Greentree has five goals and three assists over his last five games. The Rangers prospect is up to 29 tallies, 27 assists, 145 shots on net and a plus-9 rating over 42 appearances. His 1.33 points-per-game pace is actually his worst in the last three years, but he's still playing at a pretty high level.