🏝️ Away Islanders 38-21-8
1–2
Final / SO
🐧 Home Penguins 36-24-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🏝️ NYI 00101
🐧 PIT 10012

Islanders at Penguins

Penguins beat Islanders 2–1 in a shootout at PPG Paints Arena on March 15, 2016.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Chris Kunitz
1 G
1 shots · 19:32 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 A
5 shots · 24:02 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Brian Dumoulin
1 A
2 shots · 21:14 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Chris Kunitz Go-ahead 1st · 15:51
Assists: Brian Dumoulin, Sidney Crosby · beat J-F Berube
0–1
3rd period
🏝️ Kyle Okposo PP Tying 3rd · 14:35
Assists: Anders Lee, Frans Nielsen · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
Shootout
🐧 Kris Letang Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
1–2

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏝️Islanders
L1 Tavares · Nielsen · Okposo 20:42
L2 Grabovski · Strome · Bailey 17:01
L3 Lee · Kulemin · Clutterbuck 13:02
L4 Martin · Cizikas · Bernier 10:25
D1 Hamonic · de Haan 26:19
D2 Leddy · Boychuk 21:02
D3 Hickey · Strait 13:28
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Crosby · Kessel 20:23
L2 Hagelin · Cullen · Bonino 18:08
L3 Hornqvist · Kuhnhackl · Rust 13:54
L4 Sheary · Fehr · Simon 8:06
D1 Letang · Maatta 28:40
D2 Dumoulin · Daley 19:58
D3 Schultz · Cole 14:00

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏝️NYI PIT🐧
26 Shots on goal 34
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
46 Hits 26
24 Blocked shots 21
4 Takeaways 8
4 Giveaways 7
8 Penalty minutes 8
NYI shooting 3.8% (1/26) PIT shooting 5.9% (2/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏝️Islanders
J-F Berube
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 64:41 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
25/26
.962 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Chris Kunitz · 1st 15:51 · 0–1 Kyle Okposo · 3rd 14:35 · 1–1
NYI PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 2–1
Mar 82016 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 1–2 Jan 22016 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 2–5 Apr 102015 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Jan 162015 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 3–6 Nov 222014 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 1–4
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❓ NYI vs PIT, answered

Who won Islanders vs Penguins on March 15, 2016?

Penguins won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Islanders 1, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Islanders?

Kyle Okposo.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chris Kunitz.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

J-F Berube made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeMar 14 🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI 2–3 AfterMar 17 🏝️NYI @ 🐯NSH 2–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 13 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 5–3 AfterMar 17 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 2–4
Also on March 15
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