Rangers 3, Penguins 0
PITTSBURGH -- Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves for his third shutout of the season as the New York Rangers won their fourth game in a row, 3-0 against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
It was Lundqvist's 58th career shutout and his sixth all-time against the Penguins as he improved to 27-14-4.
Right winger Kevin Hayes, center Dominic Moore and right winger Jesper Fast provided the goals for the Rangers.
Lundqvist and New York stifled a Pittsburgh offense that had been prolific. The Penguins won each of their previous six home games, averaging 4.7 goals a game, and they won six of their previous seven overall.
Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby, in particular, had been racking up points at a strong pace. He entered the game with an 11-game point streak, a nine-game home goal streak, a seven-game overall goal streak and 12 points in his previous four games. In this one, he had no shots and was on the ice for all three New York goals.
It was the teams' first meeting of the season.
Hayes got a rebound of a shot by left winger Tanner Glass and, moving to his right in front of the crease, created an angle that gave him a wide opening behind goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury for a 1-0 New York lead at 8:34 of the first period.
That count held until Moore scored off of a two-on-one with center Chris Kreider at 4:21 of the third period. Moore kept the puck, and from the top of the right circle, snapped the puck far side over Fleury's shoulder to make it 2-0.
Fast added an empty-netter with 1:31 left in regulation.
Fleury finished with 19 saves.
NOTES: Pittsburgh played its third game in a row without C Evgeni Malkin, who was listed earlier in the week as day-to-day with a lower-body injury but now will miss at least the next two games. ... The Penguins scratched D Ian Cole and LW Sergei Plotnikov. ... Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist's start gave him 666 appearances, tying Mike Richter for the most in team history. ... New York D Ryan McDonagh (concussion) and LW Rick Nash (leg injury) did not make the trip. McDonagh missed his second game in a row, Nash his seventh. ... The Rangers had no healthy scratches. ... Pittsburgh's next two games on Friday at Carolina and Monday at Florida will serve as a fathers trip. ... The Rangers play their next three at home, beginning Friday against Los Angeles.