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Crosby's shootout goal lifts Penguins over Rangers

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03/02/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sidney Crosby had no points in the game, but scored the game-winner in the shootout to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Petr Prucha was the third shooter for New York, but his wrist shot went over the net. Crosby then skated in and snapped a wrist shot between the pads of Henrik Lundqvist for the win.

Colby Armstrong had a goal and an assist and Jordan Staal and Sergei Gonchar each lit the lamp for the Penguins, who had lost three of four coming into the contest.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 32 shots for Pittsburgh, which has 77 points and sits in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, three points behind Ottawa.

Both Gary Roberts and Georges Laraque, who the Penguins got on Tuesday, made their debut in a Pittsburgh uniform.

Jaromir Jagr, Michael Nylander and Blair Betts each had a goal for the Rangers, who have dropped four of their last five contests.

Lundqvist stopped 30 shots for New York, which has 67 points and is five points behind Montreal for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

The Rangers had a 2-0 lead going into the third period, but that quickly evaporated as the Penguins scored a pair of shorthanded goals to tie the game.

Just 1:16 in, Staal split the New York defense and lifted a soft wrister into the left corner of the net for his league-leading sixth shorthanded goal of the season.

A little over two minutes later, Lundqvist attempted to chase down a clearing attempt in the left corner, but Armstrong beat him to it and from the left side flicked a shot on net that went between the pads of Lundqvist, who was way out of position, to tie the game at the 3:45 mark.

New York, though, remained on the power play and scored just 58 seconds later to take the lead. Sean Avery fired a shot from the top of the right circle that hit off a Penguin and sat in the slot where Betts fired a turnaround shot into the net for a 3-2 lead.

Pittsburgh, though, tied the game with six minutes left in regulation when Gonchar's one-timer went into the left corner of the net for a power-play goal.

Each team has seven shots on goal in the first period, but none of them got through the goaltenders.

It appeared the game was going to head into the third period scoreless as both goaltenders made several good saves in the second, but the Rangers scored a pair of goals separated by 69 seconds to take a 2-0 lead.

On the rush, Avery slid a pass from the slot to Jagr at the right circle. Jagr flicked a shot on net that Fleury saved, but the rebound went off of Robert Scuderi and into the net with 2:24 left in the second.

A bit later, Nylander flew into the Pittsburgh zone and from the left circle snapped a wrister over the right pad of Fleury for his 20th goal of the season.

Lundqvist made a total of 11 saves in the middle frame to keep the Pens off the board.

Game Notes

Rangers defenseman Fedor Tyutin left the game in the second period with a sprained ankle and did not return...New York hosts the Blues on Saturday...Pittsburgh plays in Carolina on Friday...Defenseman Paul Mara played his first game in a New York uniform. The Rangers ended up with Mara in a trade on Tuesday that sent disgruntled defenseman Aaron Ward to Boston...Both teams went 1-for-4 on the power play.