New York Rangers @ Pittsburgh Penguins

43-19-5, 21-13-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Rangers NYR	0	2	1	3
Penguins PIT	1	0	1	2

Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsPIT

40-18-10, 19-10-5 Home

Kreider scores 45th goal, Rangers hold off Penguins 3-2

— The New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins know where they are in the standings. They know a first-round playoff matchup seems almost inevitable.

Mar 30, 2022, 03:42 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Rangers	0	2	1	3
	Penguins	1	0	1	2

1st Period			NYR	PIT
14:24		Brian Boyle (9) Assists: Kris Letang (50), Brian Dumoulin (14)	0	1

2nd Period			NYR	PIT
13:32		Frank Vatrano (15) Assists: Chris Kreider (19), Mika Zibanejad (43)	1	1
17:04		Braden Schneider (2) Assists: Artemi Panarin (59), Andrew Copp (27)	2	1

3rd Period			NYR	PIT
1:06		Chris Kreider (45) (Power Play) Assists: Artemi Panarin (60), Adam Fox (55)	3	1
10:37		Sidney Crosby (25) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (17), Kris Letang (51)	3	2

RANGERS

PENGUINS

Regular Season Series

NYR lead 2-1

Rangers
0
Penguins
1

Game 1

26/2

Penguins
1
Rangers
5

Game 2

25/3

Rangers
3
Penguins
2

Game 3

30/3

Penguins
0
Rangers
3

Game 4

8/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	31	15	4	66
Pittsburgh	24	14	11	59
NY Islanders	27	18	5	59
Philadelphia	23	17	9	55
New Jersey	26	22	2	54
Washington	24	21	6	54
Columbus	22	20	7	51
NY Rangers	21	24	6	48

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New York Rangers @ Pittsburgh Penguins

Stars of the Game

Chris KreiderLW - NYR

Braden SchneiderD - NYR

Sidney CrosbyC - PIT

Game Information

Kreider scores 45th goal, Rangers hold off Penguins 3-2

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

NYR lead 2-1

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

Why Frank Nazar is the perfect complement to Connor Bedard

Washington visits Calgary after Strome's 2-goal game

Philadelphia visits Colorado after Dvorak's 2-goal game