National Hockey League
NY Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Jean Hebert, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Dan Kelly, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 18016

Adam Pelech scored his first goal of the season with a snap shot from the slot 57 seconds into overtime to give the visiting New York Islanders a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal each added a goal and an assist and Simon Holmstrom and Mike Reilly also scored for the Islanders, who snapped a three-game losing streak (0-1-2).

New York goaltender Ilya Sorokin made 37 saves.

Marcus Pettersson, Lars Eller, Valtteri Puustinen and Drew O'Connor scored for the Penguins, who have lost two straight and five of their past six.

Pittsburgh goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 stops.

Islanders forward Casey Cizikas left the game in the third period after taking a shot off his hand.

Pettersson gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 12:48 of the first. From the right corner, Rickard Rakell threaded a pass to the right dot, and Pettersson's one-timer went over Sorokin's glove.

Erik Karlsson got the secondary assist for his 800th career point.

The Islanders took the lead with two goals in a span of 2:57 in the second.

Nelson tied it at 3:40 of the second. He skated past Karlsson and stickhandled past Pettersson before sending a backhander by Nedeljkovic's blocker.

Barzal came out of the penalty box, went on a breakaway and flipped the puck over Nedeljkovic's glove to make it 2-1 at 6:37. Sorokin got the only assist on the play.

New York extended its lead to 3-1 at 13:15 of the second when Holmstrom, who was behind the net, took the puck from Karlsson and shoved it between Nedeljkovic and the right post.

Pittsburgh closed within 3-2 at 16:35 when Eller's shot from the high slot was deflected into the net by an Islanders player.

A turnover by Pittsburgh's Ryan Graves led to Reilly's goal on a rising shot from near the top of the left circle at 10:42 of the third to make it 4-2.

The Penguins drew even with two goals in 56 seconds -- Puustinen scored off a rebound of a Kris Letang shot at 12:06, and O'Connor picked up his marker on a shot that went in off New York's Anders Lee at 13:02 to make it 4-4.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
NY Islanders   Pittsburgh
Mathew Barzal 2 Points Lars Eller 1
Mathew Barzal 1 Goals Lars Eller 1
Mathew Barzal 1 Assists Ryan Graves 1
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Ilya Sorokin .902 Save Percentage Alex Nedeljkovic .848
Ilya Sorokin 37 Saves Alex Nedeljkovic 28
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
NY Islanders 33 5 0-2 3-3 6 27
Pittsburgh 41 4 0-3 2-2 4 37
Upcoming Games
  • Pittsburgh will play their next game at home against Montreal. The Penguins have a W/L % of .400 after a win and .500 after a loss.
  • NY Islanders will play their next game on the road against St. Louis. The Islanders have a W/L % of .409 after a win and .424 after a loss.