Pens Turn the Tide, Beat Isles

The Pittsburgh Penguins notched their first win in 5-games on Thursday night against the New York Islanders by a score of 3-2. The long overdue win came with an altered lineup as veterans Mark Recchi and Darryl Sydor were healthy scratches. In their place on the ice for the Penguins (and looking good) were Tyler Kennedy and Kris Letang. Colby Armstrong was also a healthy scratch. Marc-Andre Fleury had a very good night in net for the Penguins with 26 saves on 28 shots. In an all too common occurrence, the opposition got on the board first with an even strength goal at 14:17 of the first period by the Islanders' red hot Mike Comrie. Standing in front of the net, Comrie picked up his 6th goal of the season by deflecting a Brendan Witt shot from the point past Fleury. Trent Hunter was also credited with an assist. Four minutes later, Sergei Gonchar scored on a blast from the point while the Jordan Staal put up a screen by tussling with two Islanders' players in front of goaltender Rick Dipietro. Evgeni Malkin and Marc-Andre Fleury were credited with the assists, but Staal gets our honorary assist for his work in front of the net to keep Dipietro in the blind. Malkin's assist extended his point streak to 12 consecutive games. The goal tied the game at ....click the link below to read the rest of the article.