🏝️ Away Islanders 15-11-3
4–7
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 14-11-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🏝️ NYI 1034
🐧 PIT 3227

Islanders at Penguins

Penguins beat Islanders 7–4 at PPG Paints Arena on December 15, 2006.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 3–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mark Recchi
1 G, 3 A
3 shots · 21:15 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 3 A
1 shots · 21:04 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ryan Malone
3 G
6 shots · 18:06 TOI

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Ryan Malone Go-ahead 1st · 07:22
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Mark Recchi · beat Rick DiPietro
0–1
🏝️ Miroslav Satan PP Tying 1st · 12:24
Assists: Mike York, Sean Hill · beat Jocelyn Thibault
1–1
🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 1st · 12:35
Assists: Mark Recchi, Ryan Whitney · beat Rick DiPietro
1–2
🐧 Mark Recchi PP 1st · 16:32
Assists: Nisse Ekman, Evgeni Malkin · beat Rick DiPietro
1–3
2nd period
🐧 Jordan Staal 2nd · 05:52
Assists: Dominic Moore · beat Rick DiPietro
1–4
🐧 Max Talbot SH 2nd · 06:19
Assists: Josef Melichar, Colby Armstrong · beat Rick DiPietro
1–5
3rd period
🐧 Ryan Malone 3rd · 08:45
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Mark Recchi · beat Mike Dunham
1–6
🏝️ Tom Poti PP 3rd · 10:56
Assists: Jason Blake, Bruno Gervais · beat Jocelyn Thibault
2–6
🏝️ Jason Blake PP 3rd · 12:41
Assists: Tom Poti, Bruno Gervais · beat Jocelyn Thibault
3–6
🏝️ Mike York 3rd · 13:17
Assists: Miroslav Satan, Brendan Witt · beat Jocelyn Thibault
4–6
🐧 Ryan Malone 3rd · 15:34
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Rob Scuderi · beat Mike Dunham
4–7

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Blake · Sillinger · Kozlov 17:06
L2 Hilbert · Satan · Park 14:13
L3 York · Bates · Asham 12:37
L4 Comeau · Simon · Boguniecki 8:11
D1 Poti · Witt 23:24
D2 Zhitnik · Martinek 19:00
D3 Gervais · Hill 17:45
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Recchi 21:04
L2 Malone · Ouellet · Armstrong 16:13
L3 Staal · Talbot · Ekman 11:52
L4 Ruutu · Moore · Thorburn 8:32
D1 Whitney · Gonchar 22:56
D2 Scuderi · Melichar 16:21
D3 Orpik · Nasreddine 14:48

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI PIT🐧
32 Shots on goal 35
3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/10
23 Hits 17
11 Blocked shots 15
0 Takeaways 4
3 Giveaways 4
29 Penalty minutes 21
NYI shooting 12.5% (4/32) PIT shooting 20.0% (7/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Rick DiPietro
24/29
.828 SV% · 5 GA · 40:00 TOI
Mike Dunham
4/6
.667 SV% · 2 GA · 19:45 TOI
🐧Penguins
Jocelyn Thibault
28/32
.875 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Islanders
Islanders — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 1–5
Islanders
Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 3–2
Dec 22006 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 5–3 Nov 282006 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 2–3 Nov 242006 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 1–3 Oct 192006 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 4–3 OT Apr 172006 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 1–6
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❓ NYI vs PIT, answered

Who won Islanders vs Penguins on December 15, 2006?

Penguins won 7–4. The final score was Islanders 4, Penguins 7.

Who scored for Islanders?

Jason Blake, Mike York, Miroslav Satan, Tom Poti.

Who scored for Penguins?

Ryan Malone (3), Jordan Staal, Mark Recchi, Max Talbot, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Rick DiPietro made 24 saves on 29 shots (.828 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 28 saves on 32 shots (.875 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 3–2 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 9 🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI 4–5 AfterDec 16 🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI 0–6
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 13 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 4–8 AfterDec 16 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–6
Also on December 15
🍁TOR 4–3 🌪️CAR 🦅WSH 3–2 🐦ATL 🛢️EDM 1–4 🏔️COL
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