Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders

Playoffs · Thursday, May 20, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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5–4

Final

SOG 27–30

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 5-4 on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 30-27.

Jeff Carter scored twice and Cal Clutterbuck scored twice. Kris Letang, Scott Mayfield, Jason Zucker, Anthony Beauvillier and Brandon Tanev also scored.

Tristan Jarry made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	2	2	5	27
NYI	0	1	3	4	30

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kris Letang (1)Unassisted1–002:01 PIT

2nd period

Scott Mayfield (1)Mathew Barzal (1), Jordan Eberle (1)1–111:03 NYI
Jeff Carter (2)Frederick Gaudreau (1), Marcus Pettersson (1)2–113:33 PIT
Jason Zucker (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), Kris Letang (1)3–118:03 PIT

3rd period

Cal Clutterbuck (1)Casey Cizikas (1), Scott Mayfield (2)3–203:46 NYI
Anthony Beauvillier (1)Mathew Barzal (2), Noah Dobson (2)3–305:54 NYI · PPG
Jeff Carter (3)Evgeni Malkin (2)4–307:00 PIT · PPG
Cal Clutterbuck (2)Scott Mayfield (3)4–414:17 NYI
Brandon Tanev (1)Kris Letang (2), Zachary Aston-Reese (1)5–416:24 PIT

Team stats

PITNYI

27Shots on goal30

47%Faceoff %53%

1/2Power play1/4

20Penalty minutes16

29Hits47

19Blocked shots17

4Giveaways14

2Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 02:37Kyle Palmieri · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 19:39Teddy Blueger · slashing2 min
2nd 05:09Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 05:35Jake Guentzel · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Kyle Palmieri · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Sidney Crosby · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Jean-Gabriel Pageau · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Bryan Rust · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Scott Mayfield · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Kris Letang · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Oliver Wahlstrom · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Brian Dumoulin · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Nick Leddy · roughing2 min
3rd 05:35Jake Guentzel · slashing2 min
3rd 06:23Cal Clutterbuck · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 08:39Jared McCann · cross checking2 min
3rd 11:33Matt Martin · roughing2 min
3rd 11:33John Marino · minor2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

58Kris LetangD	1	2	3	+3	2	3	0	2	–	24:20
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	2	2	-1	2	1	2	0	44	12:10
77Jeff CarterC	2	0	2	+1	2	1	1	0	70	19:51
11Frederick GaudreauC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	13:58
12Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	16:19
13Brandon TanevL	1	0	1	+1	3	8	0	0	–	13:26
16Jason ZuckerL	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	10:35
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	–	10:47
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	15:48
19Jared McCannC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	–	12:44
42Kasperi KapanenR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	11:32
53Teddy BluegerC	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	2	30	13:56
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	–	16:19
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	33	17:10
4Cody CeciD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	22:48
5Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	–	17:37
6John MarinoD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	–	18:37
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	2	–	23:44

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Maxime LagaceG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Tristan JarryG	W	30	26	4	.867	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

24Scott MayfieldD	1	2	3	+1	2	2	1	2	–	17:26
13Mathew BarzalC	0	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	17	17:25
15Cal ClutterbuckR	2	0	2	+2	2	4	0	2	–	10:55
7Jordan EberleC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	17:07
18Anthony BeauvillierL	1	0	1	-2	2	4	1	0	–	19:45
53Casey CizikasC	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	71	11:04
8Noah DobsonD	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	0	–	17:17
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	–	19:36
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	+2	0	5	0	2	–	10:18
21Kyle PalmieriC	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	4	100	15:53
26Oliver WahlstromR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	–	13:45
29Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	50	20:53
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	50	15:14
47Leo KomarovC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	50	11:49
2Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	–	20:43
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	–	21:55
4Andy GreeneD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	13:58
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	-1	1	8	3	0	–	22:15

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Semyon VarlamovG	L	27	22	5	.815	58:05