Loss at the Garden

The New York Rangers are still atop the league as they came back to beat the Penguins in a shoot-out Saturday night. As all 30 teams took the ice, the Pens were in New York to take on their rival New York Rangers.

Veteran defenseman Darryl Sydor played in his second straight game in the absence of Hal Gill. To prove that he is still in playing shape Sydor notched his first point of the season with a blast from the point. Tyler Kennedy and Kris Letang assisted on Sydor's goal at 9:04.

Sidney Crosby scored his third goal of the season and in four games three quarters of the way through the second period. Evgeni Malkin kept his point streak alive with an assist on the goal along with defenseman Alex Goligoski at 15:59.

The Rangers had their chance when the Pens were down two men. Brooks Orpik and Mike Zigomanis were both sent to the box at 16:36 of the second. The Pens successfully killed both penalties with help from Marc-Andre Fleury`s spectacular goaltending.

The Rangers were held scoreless until the third period where Markus Naslund notched his third of the season on the power play. Jordan Staal had only been in the box to serve his hooking for seven seconds before the Rangers got on the board. Scott Gomez and Chris Drury assisted at 5:09.

Down by one with less than one minute left the Rangers pulled Lundqvist for the extra attacker. And unlike the Canes efforts on Thursday the Rangers did mange to beat Marc-Andre Fleury to tie the game at two. Nikolai Zherdev who was acquired in an off season trade scored the tying goal with eight seconds remaining, Markus Naslund and Brandon Dubinsky assisted.

In the five minute overtime period the Pens out-shoot the Rangers 4-2, but overall the Rangers won in the shots category 44-29.

It came down to a shoot-out and the Rangers came out on top. Fredrik Sjostrom scored the lone goal for the Rangers as Zherdev and Dawes were held off the board. Letang, Sykora, and Crosby were all stopped by "King Henry'.

The three stars were 3. Marc-Andre Fleury, 2. Fredrik Sjostrom, 1. Henrik Lundqvist.

Matt Cooke returned to play after missing four games with a rib injury. Ryan Whitney (foot), Sergei Gonchar (shoulder), and Hal Gill (undisclosed injury) missed the game along with healthy scratch Paul Bissonnette. Gill did however practice on his own and is expected to return soon.

The Pens have a late start when they take on the San Jose Sharks Tuesday night at 10:30 in San Jose.