Fleury, Penguins blank Rangers
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02/21/2012 - Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves to shut out the Eastern Conference's top team, leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-0 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night.
Fleury had six saves in the first period, 12 in the second and stopped nine shots in the third for his third shutout of the season and 22nd of his career.
Evgeni Malkin and Steve Sullivan scored for the Penguins, who started a three- game homestand with their second win in a row over the Rangers.
"That was our first complete game, first 60-minute game in a long time," said Sullivan. "One of our better games this year."
Henrik Lundqvist allowed two goals on nine shots in the second period, but had 11 saves in both of the other periods in a hard-luck loss. New York leads the conference with 81 points and fell for just the third time in 10 games this month (7-3).
Fleury's 22 shutouts matched Tom Barrasso's franchise record, set between the 1988 and 2000 seasons. It was his first shutout since November 21 in a 5-0 win over the Islanders.
Malkin beat Lundqvist on a breakaway 1:05 into the second period, scoring the only goal the Penguins would need.
He hustled to pick up a tipped pass near the left boards and raced across the ice, shifting to his backhand in front of the net and flipping the puck over a sprawled Lundqvist's left pad.
Later in the period, Fleury preserved the 1-0 lead with a glove save on Artem Anisimov's backhand from the right side. Sullivan then made it 2-0 on a power play with a slap shot through Matt Cooke's screen at the 11:14 mark.
Earlier, Lundqvist's 11 saves in the first period included a shoulder stop on Cooke's shorthanded wrister from low on the right side after Ryan Callahan's turnover at the blue line.
Game Notes
The Penguins beat the Rangers 4-1 in New York on January 19 to snap a four- game losing streak in the series, including two previous losses this season...The Rangers are 11-4-1 versus the Atlantic Division this season. They play at the Islanders on Friday...Pittsburgh's three-game homestand ends with two games this weekend against the Lightning and Blue Jackets.
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.