Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 2008 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 52–21.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Taffe, Frans Nielsen, Jordan Staal, Connor James and Ruslan Fedotenko.
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (36)Petr Sykora (27), Jeff Taffe (4)1–010:50 PIT
Jeff Taffe (4)Tyler Kennedy (5), Chris Minard (1)2–017:52 PIT ·
2nd period
Frans Nielsen (1)Jeff Tambellini (1), Freddy Meyer (7)2–110:26 NYI
3rd period
Jordan Staal (9)Evgeni Malkin (48), Petr Sykora (28)3–112:55 PIT
Connor James (1)Ryan Whitney (22)4–116:58 PIT · 
Ruslan Fedotenko (15)Josef Vasicek (16), Trent Hunter (26)4–218:43 NYI ·
Team stats
PITNYI
2152
37%63%
2/41/9
2325
1518
2011
818
1310
Penalties
- 1:36 into the first period
Jordan Staal · holding2 min - 2:14 into the first period
Ruslan Fedotenko · hooking2 min - 2:28 into the first periodJarkko Ruutu · hooking2 min
- 13:15 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · holding2 min
- 13:41 into the first periodRyan Whitney · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 16:06 into the first periodRichard Park · holding the stick2 min
- 17:43 into the first periodBruno Gervais · hooking2 min
- 0:59 into the second periodJordan Staal · high sticking2 min
- 5:26 into the second periodGeorges Laraque · hooking2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodGeorges Laraque · high sticking2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodKris Letang · slashing2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodRadek Martinek · holding2 min
- 15:24 into the third periodRuslan Fedotenko · tripping2 min
- 17:03 into the third periodMike Comrie · fighting5 min
- 17:03 into the third periodMike Comrie · game misconduct10 min
- 17:03 into the third periodTyler Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 18:32 into the third periodEvgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.