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Trocheck scores shootout winner as Rangers edge Penguins 3-2

Trocheck scores shootout winner as Rangers edge Penguins 3-2 | iNFOnews.ca
New York Rangers center Vincent Trocheck (16) shoots the puck past Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner (74) during a shootout in an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Trocheck scored the shootout winner and Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves and the New York Rangers rallied to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Saturday.

After an overtime in which each team had several good scoring chances, Trocheck beat Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner with the only goal of the shootout as the Rangers snapped a five-game losing streak. Shesterkin made five saves in overtime.

Mika Zibanejad and Taylor Raddysh also scored for the Rangers. The last-place Rangers are 7-15-5 at home this season.

Anthony Mantha and defenseman Ryan Shea scored for the Penguins, who had their two-game winning streak stopped. Pittsburgh is 8-1-2 since Jan. 17.

Mantha beat Shesterkin at 2:08 of the first with his 21st goal of the season. Shea made it 2-0 at 1:59 of the second with his fourth goal.

Zibanjead scored his team-leading 24th goal on the power play at the 10-minute mark of the second.

Raddysh tied it with his ninth at 2:57 of the third with assists to Vladislav Gavrikov and Brendan Brisson. It was Brisson’s first point as a Ranger.

Forward Tye Kartye, claimed off waivers from Seattle on Friday, made his Rangers debut.

Shesterkin made his second straight start since returning for Thursday’s 3-2 home overtime loss to Philadelphia. Shesterkin had suffered a lower-body injury suffered on Jan. 5

Skinner made 23 saves in defeat.

The Penguins under first-year head coach Dan Muse – a former Rangers assistant — lead the Rangers by 20 points in the Metropolitan Division.

The Rangers, coached by former Penguins coach Mike Sullivan, are last at 23-29-7.

The Penguins were without captain Sidney Crosby who suffered a lower-body injury at the Winter Olympics in Milan. The 38-year-old center leads Pittsburgh with 27 goals and 59 points. He is expected to miss four weeks.

Up next

Rangers: host Columbus on Monday.

Penguins: host Vegas on Sunday.

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Trocheck scores shootout winner as Rangers edge Penguins 3-2 | iNFOnews.ca
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin (71) drives past New York Rangers’ Gabe Perreault (94) during the overtime period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Trocheck scores shootout winner as Rangers edge Penguins 3-2 | iNFOnews.ca
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) protects the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Trocheck scores shootout winner as Rangers edge Penguins 3-2 | iNFOnews.ca
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) protects the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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