PITTSBURGH — Adam Fox scored the go-ahead purpose at 11:26 of the third interval, J.T. Miller had two targets and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Sunday.
Will Cuylle scored on the ability play and Jimmy Vesey added his a hundredth NHL purpose for the Rangers. Igor Shesterkin made 30 saves. Miller, a Pittsburgh native, scored within the first interval and added a late empty-net purpose.
Ryan Shea scored two third-period targets, the primary two of the season for the defenseman, to provide Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead.
Vesey tied it for the Rangers 4:21 into the third. Fox, who has a six-game factors streak, put New York forward simply over seven minutes later.
Evgeni Malkin had Pittsburgh’s different purpose. Sidney Crosby had an help and have become the ninth participant in NHL historical past with 17 or extra 60-point seasons. Erik Karlsson had an help to proceed his seven-game level streak. Joel Blomqvist stopped 11 photographs.
Matt Grzelcyk left within the first interval following successful within the nook from Matt Rempe.
New York’s Chris Kreider skated in warmups, however missed the sport with an upper-body damage.
Takeaways
Rangers: New York rebounded from an 8-2 loss at Buffalo on Saturday to win its fourth in six video games.
Penguins: Pittsburgh misplaced its third straight, together with an 8-3 house rout towards Washington on Saturday. The Penguins had factors in 4 straight video games earlier than the skid.
Key second
Pittsburgh trailed getting into the third interval, however took the lead on Shea’s two targets. Vesey tied it with a wrist shot from the best circle 50 seconds after Shea’s second.
Key stat
The Rangers went 15:57 and not using a shot throughout one stretch towards the NHL’s second-worst defensive crew. Pittsburgh had the primary 16 photographs of the second interval.
Up subsequent
Each groups play on the highway Tuesday. The Rangers go to the New York Islanders and the Penguins are at Philadelphia.
By Dan Scifo
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