By SCOTT CHARLES
Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee every scored twice and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday evening.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair additionally scored, and Mathew Barzal and Alexander Romanov every had two assists for New York, which had misplaced three of 4. Ilya Sorokin completed with 22 saves.
Michael Bunting, Noel Acciari and Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins, who had been 4-1-1 of their earlier six video games. Tristan Jarry made 28 saves.
New York scored three-goals throughout a 4-minute stretch within the second interval to take the lead.
Duclair put the Islanders forward for good at 5:39. Lee made it 3-1 at 8:36 as his shot from the left aspect was stopped by Penguins defenseman Kris Letang behind a sprawled Jarry, however Letang then knocked the puck in. Cizikas scored 1:03 in a while a deflection.
Acciari scored with 6:11 remaining within the second and Rakell made it 4-3 with 4 seconds left within the interval.
Cizikas transformed a breakaway with 5:17 left and Lee had an empty-netter within the last minute.
Pageau obtained the Islanders on the scoreboard with 5:13 left Within the first interval, and Bunting tied it 1:16 later for his two hundredth profession level (86 targets, 114 assists).
TAKEAWAYS
Islanders: New York’s penalty kill was 3 for 4 after coming in a league-worst 64.4% at house.
Penguins: Pittsburgh squandered an opportunity to go Ottawa for the second wild card spot within the Jap Convention after the Senators misplaced at Winnipeg. The Penguins remained one level behind.
KEY MOMENT
Rakell redirected Matt Grzelcyk’s shot within the closing seconds of the center body to tug the Penguins inside one.
KEY STAT
Sidney Crosby initially was credited with a secondary help on Bunting’s power-play aim within the first interval, which might have given him No. 1,034 for his profession to go Mario Lemieux for the franchise report. Nevertheless, that was later taken away.
UP NEXT
Penguins and Islanders full a home-and-home in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
