On paper, the New York Rangers should have been easily able to handle the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers look to make it three in a row tonight at MSG against the Penguins. Pittsburgh, for the first time in 229 games, will be without Sidney Crosby, who joins Evgeni Malkin on the sidelines.

BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers will try to end their five-game skid when they play the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Philip Tomasino scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period, and the short-handed Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Friday night. Blake Lizotte and Rickard Rakell also ...

Philip Tomasino scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period, and the short-handed Pittsburgh Penguins beat the ...

Philip Tomasino scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period, and the short-handed Pittsburgh Penguins beat the ...

Blake Lizotte, Rickard Rakell and Philip Tomasino scored, and Bryan Rust had two assists for the Penguins (23-24-9), who have ...

Vincent Trocheck and Adam Fox scored for the Rangers, who snapped a two-game win streak. Igor Shesterkin finished with 23 ...

On Friday in New York, the Penguins played without their captain for the first time since 2022, when Sidney Crosby missed Game 6 of the First Round against the Rangers. He missed tonight’s contest ...

Philip Tomasino scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period, and the short-handed Pittsburgh Penguins beat the ...