🐧 Away Penguins 12-5-3
5–3
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 9-10-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 0145
🏝️ NYI 2103

Penguins at Islanders

Penguins beat Islanders 5–3 at UBS Arena on November 26, 2008.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
3 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:29 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · 24:39 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Brooks Orpik
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 22:09 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Doug Weight PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:45
Assists: Trent Hunter, Mark Streit · beat Dany Sabourin
0–1
🏝️ Trent Hunter 1st · 08:55
Assists: Andy Hilbert, Josh Bailey · beat Dany Sabourin
0–2
2nd period
🏝️ Bill Guerin PP 2nd · 09:27
Assists: Josh Bailey, Mark Streit · beat Dany Sabourin
0–3
🐧 Brooks Orpik 2nd · 19:41
Assists: Pascal Dupuis, Miroslav Satan · beat Joey MacDonald
1–3
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby 3rd · 06:18
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · beat Joey MacDonald
2–3
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Tying 3rd · 11:03
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Brooks Orpik · beat Joey MacDonald
3–3
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Go-ahead 3rd · 11:53
Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Joey MacDonald
4–3
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Empty net 3rd · 19:42
Assists: Rob Scuderi
5–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Satan 21:29
L2 Cooke · Staal · Kennedy 17:42
L3 Fedotenko · Sykora · Dupuis 13:54
L4 Zigomanis · Talbot · Godard 4:27
D1 Orpik · Boucher 21:56
D2 Letang · Scuderi 19:40
D3 Gill · Goligoski 16:42
🏝️Islanders
L1 Hilbert · Park · Guerin 20:19
L2 Bergenheim · Weight · Hunter 17:12
L3 Sim · Tambellini · Bailey 14:13
L4 Fritz · Colliton · Jackman 10:48
D1 Streit · Witt 23:21
D2 Martinek · Sutton 21:09
D3 Meyer · Campoli 13:53

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYI🏝️
30 Shots on goal 25
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
18 Hits 19
10 Blocked shots 20
16 Takeaways 17
12 Giveaways 9
13 Penalty minutes 11
PIT shooting 16.7% (5/30) NYI shooting 12.0% (3/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
John Curry Shutout
11/11
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 30:33 TOI
Dany Sabourin
11/14
.786 SV% · 3 GA · 29:27 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Joey MacDonald
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 59:03 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 1–3
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 2–0
Nov 82008 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 4–3 SO Mar 272008 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 1–3 Mar 242008 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 1–4 Feb 262008 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 4–2 Feb 72008 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 3–4
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❓ PIT vs NYI, answered

Who won Penguins vs Islanders on November 26, 2008?

Penguins won 5–3. The final score was Penguins 5, Islanders 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin (3), Brooks Orpik, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Islanders?

Bill Guerin, Doug Weight, Trent Hunter.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

John Curry made 11 saves on 11 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Joey MacDonald made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Islanders season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeNov 22 🐋VAN @ 🐧PIT 3–1 AfterNov 28 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeNov 24 🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3 AfterNov 28 🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS 2–7
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