Inspired peformance by third line leads Pens to win on Long Island

The Pittsburgh Penguins tonight came back tonight from a two goal deficit in the second period to beat the New York Islanders 4-3 in a shootout. Tyler Kennedy scored two game tying goals tonight in what was likely his best game as a Penguin. His linemates Mike Zigomanis and Matt Cooke each played solid hockey as well.

In the shootout, Petr Sykora scored a beautiful backhand goal on Joey MacDonald that proved the only goal of the competition. Dany Sabourin stoned Doug Weight, Bill Guerin, and Trent Hunter to seal the win.

Sabourin's save on Hunter that officially ended the game was peculiar in that the puck was hidden within the leg pad of Sabourin, the same pad that mostly crossed the goal line into the net. However, it was ruled inconclusive that the puck was over the line, and that was the game.

The Isles led the Penguins 3-2 with less than five minutes remaining in the third period, but the Penguins were peppering MacDonald with shots. At the end of a phenomenal shift in which the Penguins third line of Kennedy, Cooke, and Zigomanis controlled the puck in the Islanders' end for over a minute, Alex Goligoski's seeing eye slapper was redirected home by Tyler Kennedy to make it 3-3.

Kennedy was set up by Zigomanis for the Penguins first goal, and Staal added another late in the second period on a breakaway, beating MacDonald between the legs.

Dough Weight, Ric Jackman, Andy Hilbert scored goals to give the Isles a 3-1 lead prior to the Penguins assault, in which they outshot New York by over 75 percent from the start of the third period on.

GO PENS!