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9/2/2016
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New York Islanders 6 , Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Shots: 25 - 18
PP: 1 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:62/79=78 %, Challenges:62/72=84 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:65/74=87 %, Challenges:22/46=46 %
Attendance: 16297 of 16297 (Nassau Coliseum)
Ticket income: 731736 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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04:01 1-0
Michael Grabner [27] (Joe Thornton, Marian Gaborik)PP
17:25 1-1
Patric Hörnqvist [19] (Kris Letang)
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32:11 2-1
Joe Thornton [22] (Slava Voynov, Travis Hamonic)
32:43 3-1
Marian Gaborik [21] (Joe Thornton, Ilya Kovalchuk)
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50:49 3-2
Sidney Crosby [30] (Troy Brouwer, Chris Kunitz)
54:18 4-2
Ryan Strome [21] (Kyle Okposo, Kirill Petrov)
57:57 5-2
Kyle Okposo [22] (Ryan Strome, Brock Nelson)
59:12 6-2
Marian Gaborik [22] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Ryan Strome)
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Penalty summary:
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02:21
Frans Nielsen (2 min for elbowing)
09:57
Patric Hörnqvist (2 min for roughing)
09:57
Joni Pitkänen (2 min for roughing)
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33:37
Colton Sissons (2 min for hooking)
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New York Islanders scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Kirill Petrov 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 7.50 8
L Michael Grabner 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 13.20 6
L Marian Gaborik 2 1 6 0 1 0 0 3 20.10 10
R Kyle Okposo 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 8
C Evgeny Grachev 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 7.40 6
C Anders Lee 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 -1 11.40 8
C Joe Thornton 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 20.20 10
C John Tavares 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 20.20 8
L John Persson 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.40 7
L Brock Nelson 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 -1 11.40 7
R Ilya Kovalchuk 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 18.40 7
L Ryan Strome 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 20.20 10
D Mat Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.30 5
D Slava Voynov 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 22.40 7
D Travis Hamonic 0 1 0 4 1 4 0 1 23.10 8
D Calvin de Haan 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 -1 16.00 7
D Joni Pitkänen 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 17.40 7
D Michael Del Zotto 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 27.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kevin Poulin 2 0 16 0 0 60.00 6
G Jonas Hiller 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Pittsburgh Penguins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikolai Kulemin 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8.30 7
C Colton Sissons 0 0 2 7 1 2 2 0 12.30 8
R Troy Brouwer 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 -2 19.40 7
R Patric Hörnqvist 1 0 2 4 1 0 2 -1 19.10 8
C Olli Jokinen 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 8.30 4
C Jacob Josefson 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 14.20 5
C Sidney Crosby 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 -2 18.30 8
C J.T. Miller 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 -1 18.40 6
L Beau Bennett 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8.30 5
L Frans Nielsen 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 12.00 6
L Chris Kunitz 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -2 17.40 6
L Pascal Dupuis 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 -1 18.10 5
D Damon Severson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.20 6
D Cody Franson 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 -2 19.20 7
D Kris Letang 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 -1 27.20 8
D Christian Ehrhoff 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 13.20 6
D Simon Després 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 -2 20.40 6
D Olli Määttä 0 0 1 7 2 3 0 -1 26.10 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Michal Neuvirth 6 0 19 0 0 60.00 4
G Mikko Koskinen 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Marian Gaborik
2nd star: Joe Thornton
3rd star: Ryan Strome
Notes for New York Islanders:
-Ilya Kovalchuk notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Brock Nelson has marked a new career high in points with 27 points.
-Ryan Strome notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Kirill Petrov finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Pittsburgh Penguins:
-Sidney Crosby scored his 30th goal of the season.
-Troy Brouwer had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Patric Hörnqvist ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Pascal Dupuis had his 6 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2( 29) , Wilkes-Barre Penguins 1( 9)
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1-0
David Ullstrom (Teemu Hartikainen)
1-1
Sam Lafferty (Blaine Byron)
2-1
Taylor Cammarata (Gregory Hofmann)
Goalies: Stephon Williams - Jeff Zatkoff