New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 6, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6–2 on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 28–24.
Kris Letang scored twice and Phil Kessel scored twice. Brock Nelson, Riley Sheahan, Anders Lee and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Casey DeSmith made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Thomas Greiss stopped 16 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kris Letang (6)Derick Brassard (5), Phil Kessel (20)0–108:34 PIT
Brock Nelson (10)Tom Kuhnhackl (2), Thomas Hickey (4)1–117:43 NYI · - Kris Letang (7)Bryan Rust (6), Brian Dumoulin (8)1–219:31 PIT
2nd period
Riley Sheahan (4)Evgeni Malkin (23), Jamie Oleksiak (7)1–307:21 PIT
Phil Kessel (11)Sidney Crosby (16), Jake Guentzel (11)1–412:09 PIT · - Phil Kessel (12)Sidney Crosby (17), Jake Guentzel (12)1–517:37 PIT
3rd period
Anders Lee (11)Ryan Pulock (8)2–504:23 NYI
Sidney Crosby (15)Phil Kessel (21), Jake Guentzel (13)2–613:00 PIT
Team stats
NYIPIT
2428
44%56%
0/21/3
86
4639
1715
46
58
Penalties
- 9:53 into the first period
Derek Grant · slashing2 min - 12:57 into the first period
Leo Komarov · hooking2 min - 15:49 into the first periodMathew Barzal · high sticking2 min
- 3:07 into the second periodMarcus Pettersson · holding2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodCal Clutterbuck · holding2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodTom Kuhnhackl · roughing2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodBryan Rust · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 10:47 |
| 27Anders LeeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:29 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 4Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 6Ryan PulockD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:13 |
| 7Jordan EberleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 12Josh BaileyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:49 |
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:10 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 18Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 47Leo KomarovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 2Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 3Adam PelechD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 24Scott MayfieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 16:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Thomas GreissG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
| 33Christopher GibsonG | 7 | 1 | .857 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 81Phil KesselC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 20:13 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 19:47 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 22:19 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 26:22 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:03 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:03 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:44 |
| 10Garrett WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:04 |
| 14Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 38Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:37 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:16 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |