Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Islanders

Wed, May 26, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 2020–21 Playoffs

Pittsburgh Penguins

3 – 5

Final

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Wed, May 26, 2021 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Brock Nelson scored twice. Ilya Sorokin made 34 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	2	1	0	3	37
NYI	2	3	0	5	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:27	PIT	EV	Jeff Carter (4) · wrist	Kasperi Kapanen (2), Jason Zucker (1)	1–0
1st	05:16	NYI	EV	Anthony Beauvillier (3) · backhand	Brock Nelson (3), Josh Bailey (2)	1–1
1st	11:12	PIT	PP	Jake Guentzel (1) · snap	Kris Letang (5), Evgeni Malkin (3)	2–1
1st	12:25	NYI	EV	Kyle Palmieri (3) · wrist	Jean-Gabriel Pageau (5)	2–2
2nd	01:53	PIT	EV	Jason Zucker (2) · tip-in	Cody Ceci (2), Evgeni Malkin (4)	3–2
2nd	08:35	NYI	EV	Brock Nelson (2) · tip-in	Josh Bailey (3), Anthony Beauvillier (3)	3–3
2nd	08:48	NYI	EV	Ryan Pulock (2) · slap	Jean-Gabriel Pageau (6), Travis Zajac (1)	3–4
2nd	11:34	NYI	EV	Brock Nelson (3) · wrist	Anthony Beauvillier (4)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:58	NYI	Scott Mayfield	cross checking	2
2nd	19:03	NYI	Ryan Pulock	roughing	2
3rd	15:16	PIT	John Marino	high sticking double minor	4

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 2.66 · NYI 2.65 · xG% PIT 50.0

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	50.0	20:59	28
16	Jason Zucker	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	5	1		15:15	20
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	-2	0	4	5	1		28:47	29
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	-4	0	1	0	1		18:31	24
77	Jeff Carter	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	0	41.2	18:00	25
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	1	1	-2	0	3	2	1		16:58	23
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0		16:19	25
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		23:12	29
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-3	0	4	1	0	47.1	20:58	27
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	2		19:48	29
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	2		18:16	23
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	0		16:20	19
11	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:19	20
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		13:05	15
19	Jared McCann	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		10:32	16
13	Brandon Tanev	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	0		10:06	19
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	42.9	7:24	13
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		7:20	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	L	24	19	5	.792	58:46

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Brock Nelson	C	2	1	3	+3	0	4	3	0	35.3	19:21	21
18	Anthony Beauvillier	L	1	2	3	+2	0	2	1	2		19:10	21
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	2	2	+3	0	3	0	2		20:54	23
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	2	2	+2	0	2	3	2	77.8	15:24	25
6	Ryan Pulock	D	1	0	1	+4	2	2	1	3		23:56	34
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	2	0		11:59	21
14	Travis Zajac	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1	50.0	11:55	20
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	+4	0	0	2	3		24:55	34
2	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23:34	28
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4		20:39	30
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		17:55	27
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	2	77.8	16:43	19
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		15:10	18
47	Leo Komarov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2	50.0	14:53	20
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		11:08	16
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	37.5	10:06	17
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		9:51	14
8	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		9:13	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Sorokin	W	37	34	3	.919	60:00