Casey Cizikas (2G), Anders Lee (2G), JG Pageau, Anthony Duclair scored for the Islanders in a game that tied a season-high six goals, while Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves in his career-long 12 th consecutive start. Michael Bunting, Noel Acciari, Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins while Tristan Jarry made 28 saves in the loss.
For a change, the New York Islanders gave all their fans home for the holidays ... the Islanders redeemed themselves by beating their rival Pittsburgh Penguins on the back of three second-period goals and Islanders legend Tristan Jarry.
The New York Islanders visit the Pittsburgh Penguins after Anders Lee scored two goals in the Islanders' 6-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In a callback to their first two months of the season, the Penguins’ mistakes led directly to Islanders goals, and the Penguins’ comeback fell short when they allowed a third-period breakaway goal later in the third period.
The Islanders at least ensured that they will keep on hanging around in this race with a 6-3 win over the Penguins in the home leg of the back-to-back.
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The New York Islanders visit the Pittsburgh Penguins after Anders Lee scored two goals in the Islanders' 6-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
NEW YORK — Casey Cizikas and Anders Lee each scored twice and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 Saturday night. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anthony Duclair also scored, and Mathew
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The Islanders’ dogged work for the opening 10 minutes of the second period helped make good on Roy’s promise on Saturday night. They scored three goals during that stretch — those goals the result of won battles, races, and every inch of contested ice — to fuel a 6-3 win over the Penguins at USB Arena in Elmont, N.Y.