Pittsburgh Penguins 3, New York Islanders 6: final score and stats
New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 to New York Islanders 6, on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at UBS Arena, Elmont, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLSaturday, December 28, 2024
DateDec 28, 2024
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenueUBS Arena, Elmont, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance17,255
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| New York Islanders | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsNew York Islanders
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
16-16-5Record14-15-7
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
3-8Road record / home record4-5
LWLWLLast 5WLLLL
L1StreakW1
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsNew York Islanders
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveNew York Islanders
Calum Ritchie C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveAlexander Romanov D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveJean-Gabriel Pageau C · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 | 0:07 | 2:02 | 10:26 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:16 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bunting | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 18:02 | 3:41 | 0:00 | 14:21 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 21:26 | 4:43 | 0:00 | 16:43 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:26 | 2:03 | 1:25 | 9:58 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12:47 | 0:17 | 1:09 | 11:21 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:01 | 3:14 | 0:00 | 15:47 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Nieto | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 | 0:09 | 2:05 | 10:40 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew O'Connor | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:34 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 13:06 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 18:37 | 3:41 | 0:00 | 14:56 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 20:57 | 3:03 | 0:50 | 17:04 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Tomasino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 | 3:07 | 0:00 | 9:26 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Graves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 | 0:00 | 1:47 | 11:42 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:04 | 3:57 | 0:00 | 16:07 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:05 | 0:20 | 2:20 | 17:25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 24:18 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 21:12 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Kris Letang | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 25:04 | 3:51 | 2:14 | 18:59 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:31 | 0:01 | 1:40 | 9:50 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .879 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 57:21 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew Barzal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 | 2:39 | 0:09 | 13:50 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11:13 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 10:37 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Duclair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 13:24 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hudson Fasching | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:46 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Holmstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:17 | 1:38 | 3:11 | 13:28 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Horvat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:37 | 2:29 | 1:49 | 13:19 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 | 1:43 | 0:07 | 13:55 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle MacLean | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:09 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:59 | 1:31 | 1:55 | 15:33 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:50 | 0:00 | 3:39 | 11:11 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Palmieri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:36 | 1:17 | 2:38 | 15:41 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 1:54 | 0:00 | 10:45 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
New York Islanders Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Dobson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:55 | 2:54 | 0:07 | 19:54 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah George | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:52 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mayfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 13:07 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Pelech | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:21 | 0:23 | 3:29 | 15:29 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Pulock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:34 | 1:08 | 3:30 | 15:56 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Romanov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:36 | 0:12 | 3:40 | 19:44 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .880 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders?
New York Islanders won, 6-3, on Saturday, December 28, 2024.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders?
Pittsburgh Penguins 3, New York Islanders 6.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Rickard Rakell (1 goals). New York Islanders: Casey Cizikas (2 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders played?
UBS Arena, Elmont, NY.
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