NY Islanders          1 2 2--5
Pittsburgh            2 0 0--2

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Pittsburgh, Slegr 1 (Straka, Jagr), 2:14
  2, NY Islanders, LaPointe 10 (Palffy), 3:32
  3, Pittsburgh, Kovalev 12 (power play) (Straka, Jagr), 15:12
Penalties:
  Z Chara, NYI (tripping), 3:57
  LaPointe, NYI (high sticking), 8:28
  Harlock, NYI (ob holding), 10:46
  *Smolinski, NYI (kneeing), 13:43
  Barnes, PIT (hooking), 19:21

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, NY Islanders, Reichel 11 (Smolinski, Harlock), 3:26
  5, NY Islanders, Sacco 2 (shorthanded) (unassisted), 10:47
Penalties:
  LaChance, NYI (slashing), 6:50
  Reichel, NYI (boarding), 10:09
  Kovalev, PIT (ob holding), 16:02
  Dollas, PIT (holding), 19:08

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  6, NY Islanders, Lawrence 5 (LaPointe), 9:15
  7, NY Islanders, LaPointe 11 (empty net) (LaChance), 19:54
Penalties:
  Richter, NYI (slashing), 4:12

Shots on Goal:
  NY Islanders           4 11  9--24
  Pittsburgh            11  5 12--28

Goalies:
  NY Islanders, Salo (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 13-17-2)
  Pittsburgh, T Barrasso (23, 19; record: 13-10-3)

Power-play conversions: NYI - 0 of 3, PIT - 1 of 7
Referees: Koharski, Martell
Linesmen: Dapuzzo, Dev
Attendance: 14,112 (out of 17,181)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
NY Islanders                          Pittsburgh
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
Brewer         0   0   -1     2       Barnes         0   0   -3     1
Crowley        0   0   +1     2       Dollas         0   0   even   0
Czerkawski     0   0   -1     2       Galanov        0   0   -1     0
Donato         0   0   even   0       Hatcher        0   0   -2     0
Harlock        0   1   +1     1       Hrdina         0   0   even   0
Janney         0   0   even   1       I Moran        0   0   -1     1
LaChance       0   1   +4     0       Jagr           0   2   -3     7
LaPointe       2   1   +3     3       Kasparaitis    0   0   even   1
Lawrence       1   0   +1     1       Kesa           0   0   even   2
Linden         0   0   even   1       Kovalev        1   0   -3     2
Nemchinov      0   0   +2     0       Lang           0   0   -2     3
Palffy         0   1   +2     1       Miller         0   0   -1     3
Reichel        1   0   +1     2       Slegr          1   0   -1     2
Richter        0   0   -1     1       Sonnenberg     0   0   even   0
Sacco          1   0   +1     3       Straka         0   2   -2     3
Smolinski      0   1   +2     3       Titov          0   0   -1     2
Webb           0   0   even   0       Werenka        0   0   -1     1
Z Chara        0   0   +4     1       Wright         0   0   even   0
Flaherty       Healthy                Wilkinson      Back Injury
Watt           Healthy                A Morozov      Concussion
Nabokov        Healthy                Serowik        Concussion
Orszagh        Healthy