NEW YORK (AP) — Simon Holmström scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Ilya Sorokin stopped Sidney Crosby in a final penalty and in New York, heading to the playoffs Ilhéus defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Wednesday night.
Samuel Bolduc It is Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist, and Casey Cizikas It is Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders, who finished the regular season with eight wins in their last nine (8-0-1). Ruslan Iskhakov had his first NHL assist in his debut.
Sorokin finished with 39 saves, including one on Crosby in the final minute when the Penguins were awarded a penalty.
The Islanders, who finished third in the Metropolitan Division, open the playoffs on Saturday at Carolina.
Pittsburgh Jeff Carter scored a goal in what was likely his last NHL game. Rickard Rakel, Evgeny Malkin It is Valtteri Puustinen also scored for the Penguins. Crosby had two assists and finished the season with 94 points – 42 goals and 52 assists.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves, but the Penguins failed to reach the postseason for the second consecutive season.
With the game tied at 4, Holmstrom sent a wrist shot from the faceoff circle past Nedeljkovic’s blocker and the Islanders regained a one-goal lead at 14:27 of the third period.
The goal came after Carter, 39, finished off a play by Crosby to tie it at 4 at 10:56 of the third.
Nelson finished off a beautiful play by Holmstrom to open the scoring at 4:56 of the first period.
Rakell tied it at 1 when he beat Sorokin with a smooth wrister near the blue line late in the first.
The Penguins took the lead of the game when Crosby found Malkin near the far post as Pittsburgh capitalized on the power play. The goal was reviewed for a kicking motion, but was ruled a good goal by the referees.
Defender of the islanders Alexander Romanov deftly kept the puck in the offensive zone and fired a shot that Cizikas redirected to Nedeljkovic to tie it at 2 at 13:19 of the second.
Puustinen gave Pittsburgh a short-lived one-goal lead when he stole the puck from the New York defenseman Adam Pelech and shot Sorokin at 2:37 p.m.
Palmieri reached the 30-goal mark for the second time in his NHL career, tying it at 3 in the final minute of the second.
Bolduc’s shot inadvertently deflected off the Penguins defender Ryan Shea and passed Nedeljkovic to give the Islanders a 4-3 lead at 1:36 of the third. Ryan Pulock and Iskhakov assisted on the power play goal.
GRADES
from New York Jean-Gabriel Pageau He left in the middle of the first and didn’t come back. … Oliver Wahlstrom It is Samuel Bolduc also returned to the Islanders lineup. Matheus Barzal, Pierre Engval, Hudson Fasching It is Anderson Lee didn’t get dressed.
NEXT
Penguins: Enter the offseason.
Islanders: Visit Carolina on Saturday to begin their first-round playoff series.
