Rakell picked up his 20th of the season and broke a 1-all tie at 3:53 of the middle frame. The Penguins scored twice in a span of 1:42 early in the second period to gain a 3-1 advantage. Marcus Pettersson's turnover behind the net led to the Islanders scoring opportunity. DeSmith stopped Lee's initial attempt, but the Islanders captain located the puck on top of the Penguins goaltender and whacked it in. Lee responded with a quirky goal at 13:56 of the first to even the score at 1. The Penguins' captain found the puck under the Islanders goaltender and pushed it across the goal line. Lee scored his second of the game as he inadvertently deflected Barzal's shot past DeSmith.Ĭrosby opened the scoring at the 12-minute mark of the first period with his 25th of the season. The Islanders trimmed their deficit to one for the second time to cap the middle period. "I felt we were playing with the right intentions out there and unfortunately we couldn't hold the lead." "I thought for the majority of the night our team was terrific," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. With the win, the Islanders moved past the Washington Capitals in the wild-card standings and temporarily secure the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Kyle Palmieri bumped Penguins defender Brian Dumoulin off the puck and Nelson picked up the loose puck before feeding a darting Parise, who gave the Islanders a 5-4 edge at 17:17 of the third. Rickard Rakell scored twice and Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist as the Penguins lost for the second time in three games. "We got teams that are climbing behind us with games in hand, we got teams we are trying to catch, there is just not a lot of room for error." "We all look at the standings, we knew the importance heading into the game," Parise said. NEW YORK (AP) - Zach Parise scored the tiebreaker late in the third period and Brock Nelson added two goals as the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Friday night.Īnders Lee had two goals and an assist, Ilya Sorokin finished with 40 saves and the Islanders snapped a three-game skid that included two overtime losses.
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