A look at how the teams compared over the course of the regular season (Bold where NYR better):

Penguins Metric Rangers

#1 23.4 Power Play 18.2 #15
#12 278 PP Chances 264 #19
#5 85.0 Penalty Kill 85.3 #3
#9 254 Times Short 232 #2
#10 2.49 Goals Against 2.32 #4
#5 2.95 Goals For 2.61 #18
#16 29.9 Shots For 33.2 #2
#10 28.8 Shots Against 29.4 #15
#12 51.0 Faceoffs 48.8 #22
#1 .841 % When Score 1st .816 #6
#6 .368 % When Allow 1st .318 #13
#5 .561 % In 1-Goal Games .459 #21
#8 2,162 Hits 1,905 #14
#16 1,187 Blocked Shots 1,119 #21

A look at how the teams compare in the playoffs (Bold where NYR better):

Penguins Metric Rangers
#8 20.7 Power Play 10.3 #14
#2-tie 29 PP Chances 29 #2-tie
#13 74.1 Penalty Kill 71.4 #15
#11 27 Times Short 21 #5-tie
#8 3.00 Goals Against 2.29 #2
#3 3.50 Goals For 2.71 #12
#1 36.5 Shots For 31.6 #9
#11 32.7 Shots Against 25.6 #2
#10-tie 48.4 Faceoffs 48.4 #10-tie
#13-tie .333 % When Score 1st .600 #10
#1-tie 1.000 % When Allow 1st .500 #5
#4-tie .600 % In 1-Goal Games .500 #6-tie
#11 180 Hits 221 #6
#12 94 Blocked Shots 126 #1