Adam Pelech nets game-winner in OT as Isles clip Penguins

Field Level Media|published: Tue 20th February, 22:18 2024

Feb 20, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins left wing Drew O'Connor (10) skates up ice with the puck as New York Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson (8) defends during the first period at PPG Paints Arena. credits: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Adam Pelech scored his first goal of the season with a snap shot from the slot 57 seconds into overtime to give the visiting New York Islanders a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal each added a goal and an assist and Simon Holmstrom and Mike Reilly also scored for the Islanders, who snapped a three-game losing streak (0-1-2).

New York goaltender Ilya Sorokin made 37 saves.

Marcus Pettersson, Lars Eller, Valtteri Puustinen and Drew O'Connor scored for the Penguins, who have lost two straight and five of their past six.

Pittsburgh goalie Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 stops.

Islanders forward Casey Cizikas left the game in the third period after taking a shot off his hand.

Pettersson gave the Penguins a 1-0 lead at 12:48 of the first. From the right corner, Rickard Rakell threaded a pass to the right dot, and Pettersson's one-timer went over Sorokin's glove.

Erik Karlsson got the secondary assist for his 800th career point.

The Islanders took the lead with two goals in a span of 2:57 in the second.

Nelson tied it at 3:40 of the second. He skated past Karlsson and stickhandled past Pettersson before sending a backhander by Nedeljkovic's blocker.

Barzal came out of the penalty box, went on a breakaway and flipped the puck over Nedeljkovic's glove to make it 2-1 at 6:37. Sorokin got the only assist on the play.

New York extended its lead to 3-1 at 13:15 of the second when Holmstrom, who was behind the net, took the puck from Karlsson and shoved it between Nedeljkovic and the right post.

Pittsburgh closed within 3-2 at 16:35 when Eller's shot from the high slot was deflected into the net by an Islanders player.

A turnover by Pittsburgh's Ryan Graves led to Reilly's goal on a rising shot from near the top of the left circle at 10:42 of the third to make it 4-2.

The Penguins drew even with two goals in 56 seconds — Puustinen scored off a rebound of a Kris Letang shot at 12:06, and O'Connor picked up his marker on a shot that went in off New York's Anders Lee at 13:02 to make it 4-4.

—Field Level Media

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