🐧 Away Penguins 16-15-5
3–6
Final
🏝️ Home Islanders 13-15-7
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐧 PIT 1203
🏝️ NYI 1326

Penguins at Islanders

Islanders beat Penguins 6–3 at UBS Arena on December 28, 2024.

🗓 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2024-25 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏝️ NYI
Anders Lee
2 G
2 shots · 15:45 TOI
2nd star 🏝️ NYI
Casey Cizikas
2 G
2 shots · 11:13 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Rickard Rakell
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 18:37 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🏝️ Jean-Gabriel Pageau Go-ahead 1st · 14:47
Assists: Mathew Barzal · beat Tristan Jarry
0–1
🐧 Michael Bunting PP Tying 1st · 16:03
Assists: Rickard Rakell · beat Ilya Sorokin
1–1
2nd period
🏝️ Anthony Duclair Go-ahead 2nd · 05:39
Assists: Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson · beat Tristan Jarry
1–2
🏝️ Anders Lee 2nd · 08:36
Unassisted · beat Tristan Jarry
1–3
🏝️ Casey Cizikas 2nd · 09:39
Assists: Alexander Romanov, Bo Horvat · beat Tristan Jarry
1–4
🐧 Noel Acciari 2nd · 13:49
Assists: Matt Nieto, Erik Karlsson · beat Ilya Sorokin
2–4
🐧 Rickard Rakell 2nd · 19:56
Assists: Matt Grzelcyk, Evgeni Malkin · beat Ilya Sorokin
3–4
3rd period
🏝️ Casey Cizikas 3rd · 14:43
Assists: Simon Holmstrom · beat Tristan Jarry
3–5
🏝️ Anders Lee Empty net 3rd · 19:38
Unassisted
3–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Rust 20:57
L2 Bunting · O'Connor · Rakell 18:02
L3 Nieto · Glass · Lizotte 12:54
L4 Beauvillier · Acciari · Tomasino 12:33
D1 Letang · Karlsson 24:41
D2 Joseph · Grzelcyk 20:04
D3 Graves · Shea 12:30
🏝️Islanders
L1 Palmieri · Nelson · Holmstrom 18:59
L2 Lee · Horvat · Barzal 16:38
L3 Duclair · Pageau · Tsyplakov 14:50
L4 Cizikas · MacLean · Fasching 7:46
D1 Romanov · Dobson 23:16
D2 Pulock · Pelech 19:58
D3 Mayfield · George 15:12

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYI🏝️
25 Shots on goal 34
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
27 Hits 19
15 Blocked shots 7
1 Takeaways 2
15 Giveaways 20
4 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 12.0% (3/25) NYI shooting 17.6% (6/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry
29/34
.853 SV% · 5 GA · 57:21 TOI
🏝️Islanders
Ilya Sorokin
22/25
.880 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 1st 14:47 · 0–1 Michael Bunting · 1st 16:03 · 1–1 Anthony Duclair · 2nd 05:39 · 1–2 Anders Lee · 2nd 08:36 · 1–3 Casey Cizikas · 2nd 09:39 · 1–4 Noel Acciari · 2nd 13:49 · 2–4 Rickard Rakell · 2nd 19:56 · 3–4 Casey Cizikas · 3rd 14:43 · 3–5 Anders Lee · 3rd 19:38 · 3–6
PIT NYI
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 2-6-2 (20% win rate, 10 games)
Islanders
Islanders — tied after 1st: 5-3-5 (38% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 3–4
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6-1 (22% win rate, 9 games)
Islanders
Islanders — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Islanders lead the season series 2–0
Nov 52024 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 3–4 SO Apr 172024 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 4–5 Feb 202024 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 5–4 OT Dec 312023 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 1–3 Dec 272023 🐧PIT @ 🏝️NYI 7–0
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❓ PIT vs NYI, answered

Who won Penguins vs Islanders on December 28, 2024?

Islanders won 6–3. The final score was Penguins 3, Islanders 6.

Who scored for Penguins?

Michael Bunting, Noel Acciari, Rickard Rakell.

Who scored for Islanders?

Anders Lee (2), Casey Cizikas (2), Anthony Duclair, Jean-Gabriel Pageau.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 29 saves on 34 shots (.853 save percentage).

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves on 25 shots (.880 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 23 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 3–7 AfterDec 29 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 2–3
🏝️ Islanders
BeforeDec 23 ⚔️BUF @ 🏝️NYI 7–1 AfterDec 29 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 2–3
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