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2015-16 regular season

Islanders at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Islanders 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on January 2, 2016.

NYI – PIT
40–43
Shots on goal
0/1–2/4
Power play
30–34
Hits
8–17
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Kris Letang
3 A
3 shots · 25:21 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
3 A
2 shots · 17:53 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Marc-Andre Fleury
38 saves
0.950 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Phil Kessel Go-ahead 1st · 03:34
Assists: Matt Cullen, Evgeni Malkin · beat Thomas Greiss
0–1
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP 1st · 16:35
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang · beat Thomas Greiss
0–2
2nd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby PP 2nd · 10:25
Assists: Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin · beat Thomas Greiss
0–3
🐧 Matt Cullen SH 2nd · 10:57
Assists: Kris Letang, Olli Maatta · beat Thomas Greiss
0–4
🐧 Patric Hornqvist 2nd · 14:40
Assists: Brian Dumoulin · beat Christopher Gibson
0–5
🏝️ John Tavares 2nd · 15:19
Assists: Calvin de Haan, Josh Bailey · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–5
3rd period
🏝️ Nick Leddy 3rd · 19:03
Assists: Kyle Okposo, Frans Nielsen · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Lee · Tavares · Bailey 18:48
L2 Kulemin · Strome · Nelson 16:04
L3 Nielsen · Grabovski · Okposo 15:33
L4 Martin · Cizikas · Clutterbuck 9:20
D1 Hamonic · Leddy 27:16
D2 Hickey · Strait 17:36
D3 de Haan · Zidlicky 14:50
🐧Penguins
L1 Malkin · Crosby · Kessel 17:53
L2 Kunitz · Perron · Bonino 16:32
L3 Sheary · Porter · Hornqvist 13:49
L4 Plotnikov · Fehr · Cullen 11:56
D1 Letang · Maatta 23:10
D2 Lovejoy · Dumoulin 17:45
D3 Cole · Daley 17:03

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI PIT🐧
40 Shots on goal 43
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
30 Hits 34
8 Blocked shots 17
4 Takeaways 4
4 Giveaways 1
8 Penalty minutes 2
NYI shooting 5.0% (2/40) PIT shooting 11.6% (5/43)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
Thomas Greiss
22/26
.846 SV% · 4 GA · 30:57 TOI
Christopher Gibson
16/17
.941 SV% · 1 GA · 29:03 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
38/40
.950 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Phil Kessel · 1st 03:34 · 0–1 Sidney Crosby · 1st 16:35 · 0–2 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 10:25 · 0–3 Matt Cullen · 2nd 10:57 · 0–4 Patric Hornqvist · 2nd 14:40 · 0–5 John Tavares · 2nd 15:19 · 1–5 Nick Leddy · 3rd 19:03 · 2–5
NYI PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

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

Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Apr 102015 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Jan 162015 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 3–6 Nov 222014 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 1–4 Nov 212014 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 5–4 SO Oct 182014 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 1–3
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NYI vs PIT, answered

Who won Islanders vs Penguins on January 2, 2016?

Penguins won 5–2. The final score was Islanders 2, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Islanders?

John Tavares, Nick Leddy.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby (2), Matt Cullen, Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Thomas Greiss made 22 saves on 26 shots (.846 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 38 saves on 40 shots (.950 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 31 🏝️NYI @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 AfterJan 3 ⭐DAL @ 🏝️NYI 5–6
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 31 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 5–2 AfterJan 5 🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT 3–2
Also on January 2
🐙DET 4–3 ⚔️BUF 🌵ARI 3–4 🛢️EDM 🔔PHI 1–2 👑LAK 🎵STL 1–4 🍁TOR 🌲MIN 2–3 ⚡TBL 🗽NYR 0–3 🐆FLA ⭐DAL 2–3 😈NJD 🐯NSH 2–1 🌪️CAR
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