Jake Guentzel scored the decisive
goal in the shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 victory over the
New York Islanders on Monday night.
Guentzel also assisted on Derick
Brassard’s tying goal in the third period, helping Pittsburgh improve to 3-0-1
in its last four games. Casey DeSmith had 25 saves through regulation and
overtime.
Penguins star Phil Kessel beat
Robin Lehner in the first round of the shootout, but Josh Bailey scored on New
York’s third attempt to keep the tiebreaker going. Valtteri Filppula was denied
by DeSmith before Guentzel closed out the win for Pittsburgh.
DeSmith improved to 6-1-2 in his
past nine starts.
Anthony Beauvillier scored in the
second period for the Islanders, and Lehner finished with 23 stops.
New York had a power-play chance
in overtime when Brassard was penalized for tripping Filppula. But the
Islanders came up empty.
Beauvillier put the Islanders
ahead with his eighth goal 6:32 into the middle period, converting a pass from
Josh Bailey.
Brassard responded 2:13 into the
third, knocking the puck past Lehner for his fourth goal of the season.
The teams played a scoreless
first period that had plenty of drama. The Islanders failed to score on three
power plays, and then killed off a four-minute penalty on Captain Anders Lee.
DeSmith made his best save of the
period when he denied Brock Nelson in the closing seconds on a break with Lee
just out of the penalty box.
The teams split their
four meetings this season.
GAME NOTES
The Islanders scratched forwards
Tom Kuhnhackl and Josh Ho-Sang, who was recalled from AHL Bridgeport on Sunday,
and defenseman Luca Sbisa. … Pittsburgh scratched defensemen Chad
Ruhwedel and Jusso Riikola and forward Patric Hornqvist.
UP NEXT
ISLANDERS: Host Vegas Golden Knights at
Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday.
PENGUINS: The Penguins hit the road to visit the Chicago Blackhawks
on Wednesday Night
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