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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 3, NY Islanders 1
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 31, 2023
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Garrett Rank, Corey Syvret
Linesmen: CJ Murray, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18216
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Islanders 0011
Pittsburgh 1113
Periods:
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1
NY Islanders   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  0:07 John Ludvig penalty for fighting against Matt Martin - 5 mins (Major).
Matt Martin penalty for fighting against John Ludvig - 5 mins (Major). 0:07  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:07  
  0:12 Kris Letang blocks shot from Mathew Barzal.
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 0:25  
  0:27 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  0:34 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Kyle Palmieri.
Scott Mayfield blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 1:02  
Brock Nelson blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 1:04  
Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 1:54  
  2:18 Lars Eller scores. Assisted by Jansen Harkins and Valtteri Puustinen.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 2:18  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 2:33  
  2:40 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Mathew Barzal blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 2:50  
Bo Horvat blocks shot from Kris Letang. 2:54  
  3:11 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
  3:22 Marcus Pettersson hits Mathew Barzal.
  3:30 Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net
  4:19 Chad Ruhwedel hits Kyle Palmieri.
  4:35 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  4:45 Jansen Harkins blocks shot from Noah Dobson.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Lars Eller. 5:10  
Sebastian Aho blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 5:30  
  5:31 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 6:01  
  6:04 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
Scott Mayfield shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 6:30  
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 6:38  
  6:43 Lars Eller blocks shot from Samuel Bolduc.
  7:11 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
  7:22 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Matt Martin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 7:45  
  7:52 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  8:07 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Kris Letang.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 8:30  
Hudson Fasching shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 9:11  
  9:12 Giveaway by Marcus Pettersson.
  9:13 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
Takeaway by Brock Nelson. 9:34  
  10:16 Jansen Harkins hits Mike Reilly.
  10:24 Jansen Harkins shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Mike Reilly blocks shot from Jansen Harkins. 10:29  
  10:39 Ryan Graves shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 10:41  
Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 11:12  
  11:18 Marcus Pettersson hits Julien Gauthier.
  11:22 Kris Letang blocks shot from Simon Holmstrom.
Julien Gauthier hits Marcus Pettersson. 11:26  
  11:31 Sidney Crosby penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Julien Gauthier.
  11:31 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  12:04 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Noah Dobson.
  12:09 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 12:39  
Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 12:44  
  12:45 Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Bo Horvat.
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 12:46  
Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 12:49  
  12:53 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  13:15 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Mike Reilly.
Anders Lee hits John Ludvig. 13:34  
  13:45 Shot by John Ludvig misses the net
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Erik Karlsson. 13:48  
Matt Martin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 14:19  
  14:21 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  14:46 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  14:51 Shot by Evgeni Malkin misses the net
Scott Mayfield hits Evgeni Malkin. 15:09  
  15:39 Jansen Harkins wins the faceoff against Kyle Palmieri.
Shot by Sebastian Aho misses the net 16:01  
Mike Reilly shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 16:05  
  16:28 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
Matt Martin hits Marcus Pettersson. 16:58  
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 17:04  
  17:17 Jeff Carter shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  17:19 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Simon Holmstrom.
  17:32 Ryan Graves shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Samuel Bolduc blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 17:35  
  17:44 Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net
  17:47 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Anders Lee blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 17:50  
Cal Clutterbuck hits Sidney Crosby. 18:01  
  18:07 Giveaway by Rickard Rakell.
Alexander Romanov shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 18:12  
  18:23 Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  18:24 Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Bo Horvat penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin. 18:26  
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 18:26  
  19:07 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:08  
  19:27 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Simon Holmstrom penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evgeni Malkin. 19:33  
  19:33 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  19:52 Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net
  19:59 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
2
NY Islanders   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  0:20 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  0:29 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Takeaway by Alexander Romanov. 0:42  
  1:00 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  1:01 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 1:49  
  2:20 Noel Acciari scores. Assisted by Drew O'Connor.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 2:20  
Mike Reilly blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 2:34  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 2:51  
Shot by Scott Mayfield misses the net 2:53  
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 3:00  
  3:01 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Alexander Romanov.
Shot by Noah Dobson misses the net 3:10  
Casey Cizikas hits Ryan Graves. 3:23  
  3:39 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Takeaway by Julien Gauthier. 4:02  
Samuel Bolduc blocks shot from Drew O'Connor. 4:14  
  4:20 Shot by Chad Ruhwedel misses the net
  4:51 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
Simon Holmstrom blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 5:04  
Hudson Fasching shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 5:39  
  5:54 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 6:03  
Julien Gauthier shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 6:10  
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 6:12  
Anders Lee hits Marcus Pettersson. 6:35  
  6:38 Drew O'Connor hits Sebastian Aho.
  7:11 Takeaway by Jeff Carter.
Team penalty for New York too many men on ice - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Matt Martin. 7:22  
  7:22 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  7:29 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
Casey Cizikas hits Jake Guentzel. 7:46  
  7:51 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  8:07 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  8:23 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  8:32 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Alexander Romanov penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Rickard Rakell. 8:34  
  8:34 Rickard Rakell penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Ilya Sorokin.
  8:34 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Sebastian Aho blocks shot from Kris Letang. 8:44  
  8:58 Takeaway by Valtteri Puustinen.
Cal Clutterbuck hits Erik Karlsson. 9:07  
  9:20 Shot by Jeff Carter misses the net
  9:22 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Noah Dobson blocks shot from Lars Eller. 9:32  
Cal Clutterbuck blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel. 9:54  
  10:00 Jansen Harkins shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  10:28 Ryan Graves blocks shot from Brock Nelson.
  10:43 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  10:54 Takeaway by Reilly Smith.
  11:02 Ryan Graves blocks shot from Mike Reilly.
Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 11:04  
  11:06 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Anders Lee.
Noah Dobson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 11:56  
Brock Nelson wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 11:58  
  12:07 Valtteri Puustinen shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  12:19 Lars Eller hits Mike Reilly.
  12:48 Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  12:55 Giveaway by Reilly Smith.
  12:58 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 12:59  
  13:05 Drew O'Connor wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Takeaway by Simon Holmstrom. 13:14  
Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 13:19  
  13:36 Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net
  14:11 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 15:01  
Shot by Mathew Barzal misses the net 15:12  
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 15:16  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 15:17  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 15:18  
  15:20 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
Brock Nelson shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 15:49  
  15:59 Chad Ruhwedel hits Hudson Fasching.
  15:59 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  16:29 Drew O'Connor penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Scott Mayfield.
  16:29 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  16:41 Takeaway by Noel Acciari.
Shot by Brock Nelson misses the net 16:57  
Shot by Noah Dobson misses the net 17:37  
Mike Reilly blocks shot from Noel Acciari. 18:14  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Marcus Pettersson. 18:38  
  18:57 Jake Guentzel hits Julien Gauthier.
Scott Mayfield hits Jake Guentzel. 19:07  
Cal Clutterbuck shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 19:20  
Julien Gauthier blocks shot from Alexander Romanov. 19:24  
  19:39 Takeaway by Ryan Graves.
  19:43 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
3
NY Islanders   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
Kyle Palmieri wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:05  
  0:25 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
  0:27 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Samuel Bolduc hits Drew O'Connor. 1:14  
  1:15 Shot by Ryan Graves misses the net
  1:21 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 1:22  
  1:34 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
Sebastian Aho hits Valtteri Puustinen. 1:41  
  1:55 Ryan Graves blocks shot from Simon Holmstrom.
  1:57 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
  2:09 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
  2:14 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Kris Letang. 2:24  
  2:41 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  2:43 Shot by Chad Ruhwedel misses the net
  2:45 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
Cal Clutterbuck hits Jake Guentzel. 2:52  
  2:55 Jeff Carter blocks shot from Kris Letang.
  3:00 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 3:02  
  3:18 Chad Ruhwedel hits Matt Martin.
Shot by Scott Mayfield misses the net 3:18  
Matt Martin shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 3:21  
Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 3:23  
  3:31 John Ludvig blocks shot from Scott Mayfield.
  3:52 Ryan Graves blocks shot from Mathew Barzal.
  3:57 Jeff Carter blocks shot from Anders Lee.
  4:00 Noel Acciari blocks shot from Mathew Barzal.
  4:09 Takeaway by Vinnie Hinostroza.
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 4:10  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 4:11  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 4:14  
Bo Horvat hits Kris Letang. 4:20  
  4:22 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Mathew Barzal.
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 4:41  
  4:42 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  4:50 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Simon Holmstrom shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 5:00  
  5:20 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Kyle Palmieri wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 5:21  
  5:38 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Brock Nelson.
  6:01 Shot by Chad Ruhwedel misses the net
Casey Cizikas hits John Ludvig. 6:30  
  7:04 Noel Acciari shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 7:13  
  7:20 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Bo Horvat.
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 7:22  
Shot by Anders Lee misses the net 7:28  
Brock Nelson hits Vinnie Hinostroza. 8:52  
Brock Nelson hits Vinnie Hinostroza. 8:55  
Hudson Fasching blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel. 8:57  
  8:59 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Cal Clutterbuck blocks shot from John Ludvig. 9:03  
Takeaway by Sebastian Aho. 9:42  
  10:00 Giveaway by Valtteri Puustinen.
Mike Reilly shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 10:01  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 10:10  
Shot by Anders Lee misses the net 10:13  
  10:46 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Noah Dobson hits Marcus Pettersson. 10:53  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Drew O'Connor. 11:10  
Simon Holmstrom blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 11:50  
  11:58 Reilly Smith shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  12:04 Shot by Drew O'Connor misses the net
  12:10 Ryan Graves shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  12:41 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
Noah Dobson blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 12:47  
  12:57 Kris Letang blocks shot from Kyle Palmieri.
  13:31 John Ludvig blocks shot from Scott Mayfield.
Samuel Bolduc scores. 13:51  
  13:51 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  14:20 Ryan Graves blocks shot from Alexander Romanov.
Takeaway by Matt Martin. 14:31  
  14:51 Marcus Pettersson shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  14:53 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Brock Nelson hits Evgeni Malkin. 15:27  
Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 15:46  
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 16:05  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 16:06  
Mike Reilly shoots Saved by Alex Nedeljkovic. 16:09  
  16:11 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  16:13 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Anders Lee hits Noel Acciari. 16:42  
  16:59 Drew O'Connor shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Julien Gauthier blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 17:03  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Drew O'Connor. 17:11  
  17:38 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  17:49 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  17:50 Takeaway by Sidney Crosby.
  18:31 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Shot by Bo Horvat misses the net 18:45  
Anders Lee hits Sidney Crosby. 18:54  
Shot by Anders Lee misses the net 19:00  
  19:10 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 19:17  
  19:17 Lars Eller scores on an empty net.
Team penalty for New York delay of game - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Kyle Palmieri. 19:25  
  19:25 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Bo Horvat penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Misconduct). 19:25