National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 4, NY Islanders 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Where: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Jean Morin
Attendance: 11258
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 2024
NY Islanders 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:50 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Petr Sykora , Jeff Taffe
17:52 - Penguins Jeff Taffe (PP) Assists: Tyler Kennedy , Chris Minard
Penalties
1:36 - Penguins Jordan Staal (2) Holding
 2:14 - Islanders Ruslan Fedotenko (2) Hooking
 2:28 - Penguins Jarkko Ruutu (2) Hooking
 13:15 - Penguins Sergei Gonchar (2) Holding
 13:41 - Penguins Ryan Whitney (2) Delay of game
 16:06 - Islanders Richard Park (2) Holding the stick
 17:43 - Islanders Bruno Gervais (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
10:26 - Islanders Frans Nielsen (EV) Assists: Jeff Tambellini , Freddy Meyer
Penalties
0:59 - Penguins Jordan Staal (2) High sticking
 5:26 - Penguins Georges Laraque (2) Hooking
 13:20 - Penguins Georges Laraque (2) High sticking
 18:34 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
12:55 - Penguins Jordan Staal (EV) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Petr Sykora
16:58 - Penguins Connor James (PP) Assists: Ryan Whitney
18:43 - Islanders Ruslan Fedotenko (PP) Assists: Josef Vasicek , Trent Hunter
Penalties
5:16 - Islanders Radek Martinek (2) Holding
 15:24 - Islanders Ruslan Fedotenko (2) Tripping
 17:03 - Islanders Mike Comrie (5) Fighting
 17:03 - Islanders Mike Comrie (10) Game misconduct
 17:03 - Penguins Tyler Kennedy (5) Fighting
 18:32 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (2) Tripping
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Marc-Andre Fleury G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ty Conklin G 0 0 0 0 0 59:54 39:29 7:11 13:14 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Scuderi D 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 6:30 4:06 0:00 2:24 0 0 - - - - -
Darryl Sydor D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 30 19:24 13:37 0:48 4:59 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Staal C 1 0 1 +1 4 1 29 18:46 13:53 0:27 4:26 0 0 - - 10 16 38
Ryan Malone RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 30 25:01 12:40 4:24 7:57 0 0 - - - - -
Petr Sykora RW 0 2 2 +1 0 3 20 17:46 13:00 4:42 0:04 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Whitney D 0 1 1 +1 2 3 33 28:13 16:23 5:46 6:04 0 0 - - - - -
Maxime Talbot C 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 14:59 9:10 0:00 5:49 0 0 - - 8 8 50
Georges Laraque RW 0 0 0 E 4 0 13 7:36 7:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Connor James LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 11 5:49 4:21 0:51 0:37 1 0 - - - - -
Jarkko Ruutu LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 20 13:31 8:36 0:00 4:55 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Taffe LW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 18 12:58 11:14 1:44 0:00 1 0 - - 1 1 50
Chris Minard LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 16 8:14 6:12 2:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Smith LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 3 1:36 1:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 18:27 17:57 0:00 0:30 0 0 - - - - -
Tyler Kennedy C 0 1 1 E 5 3 21 14:36 12:40 1:56 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Sergei Gonchar D 0 0 0 E 2 2 29 24:25 13:10 5:42 5:33 0 0 - - - - -
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 E 2 0 27 20:36 14:14 2:06 4:16 0 0 - - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 +1 2 3 27 24:51 16:44 5:27 2:40 0 0 - - 5 14 26
New York Islanders
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Wade Dubielewicz G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rick DiPietro G 0 0 0 0 0 59:53 39:28 13:14 7:11 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Johnson D 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 15:17 10:49 2:47 1:41 0 0 - - - - -
Bryan Berard D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 21:37 11:53 8:49 0:55 0 0 - - - - -
Rob Davison D 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 13:36 10:42 0:00 2:54 0 0 - - - - -
Trent Hunter RW 0 1 1 E 0 3 22 21:09 11:30 6:35 3:04 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Bruno Gervais D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 21 19:31 11:07 6:47 1:37 0 0 - - - - -
Richard Park RW 0 0 0 -2 2 4 16 13:21 9:45 1:05 2:31 0 0 - - 11 5 69
Andy Hilbert C 0 0 0 E 0 4 17 14:31 11:03 0:29 2:59 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Bill Guerin RW 0 0 0 -1 0 8 17 16:35 9:36 6:59 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Tambellini LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 13 9:40 9:23 0:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sean Bergenheim LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 10 8:35 8:04 0:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Radek Martinek D 0 0 0 E 2 2 24 22:27 18:33 0:39 3:15 0 0 - - - - -
Ruslan Fedotenko LW 1 0 1 E 4 4 21 18:02 9:49 5:55 2:18 1 0 - - 0 1 0
Freddy Meyer D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 25 23:57 16:16 3:41 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Frans Nielsen C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 13 9:46 9:29 0:17 0:00 0 0 - - 2 6 25
Blake Comeau RW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 13 9:36 9:19 0:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josef Vasicek C 0 1 1 E 0 2 22 18:49 10:24 5:55 2:30 0 0 - - 17 2 89
Miroslav Satan RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 16 17:22 9:03 7:28 0:51 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Comrie C 0 0 0 E 15 1 16 16:56 10:25 6:31 0:00 0 0 - - 10 8 56
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ty Conklin W (18-8-5) 52 50 2 .962 0 59:54
NY Islanders
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Rick DiPietro L (26-28-7) 21 17 4 .810 0 59:53