New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sun, Dec 31, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

New York Islanders

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Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at PPG Paints Arena. Lars Eller scored twice. Alex Nedeljkovic made 37 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 38–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	0	0	1	1	38
PIT	1	1	1	3	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:18	PIT	EV	Lars Eller (5) · wrist	Jansen Harkins (2), Valtteri Puustinen (6)	0–1
2nd	02:20	PIT	EV	Noel Acciari (3) · tip-in	Drew O'Connor (7)	0–2
3rd	13:51	NYI	EV	Samuel Bolduc (1) · snap	Unassisted	1–2
3rd	19:17	PIT	SH EN	Lars Eller (6) · wrist	Unassisted	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:07	PIT	John Ludvig	fighting	5
1st	00:07	NYI	Matt Martin	fighting	5
1st	11:31	PIT	Sidney Crosby	slashing	2
1st	18:26	NYI	Bo Horvat	holding	2
1st	19:33	NYI	Simon Holmstrom	tripping	2
2nd	07:22	NYI	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	08:34	NYI	Alexander Romanov	roughing	2
2nd	08:34	PIT	Rickard Rakell	slashing	2
2nd	16:29	PIT	Drew O'Connor	holding	2
3rd	19:25	NYI	Bench	delaying game bench face off violation	2
3rd	19:25	NYI	Bo Horvat	misconduct	10

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NYI 3.95 · PIT 4.51 · xG% NYI 46.7

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Samuel Bolduc	D	1	1	0	0	1	1	2		12:22	20
8	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2		27:19	28
28	Alexander Romanov	D	0	0	-1	2	1	0	5		22:17	26
25	Sebastian Aho	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		20:19	24
14	Bo Horvat	C	0	0	0	12	2	1	1	40.0	19:58	23
29	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	-2	0	6	3	1	25.0	18:46	20
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	66.7	18:39	22
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		17:58	25
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	50.0	17:05	21
27	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	0	4	4	1		16:30	22
2	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	3		15:41	24
20	Hudson Fasching	R	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1		15:11	21
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	44.4	15:01	23
10	Simon Holmstrom	R	0	0	0	2	1	0	2		12:58	18
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		12:50	20
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	33.3	11:41	20
16	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		11:06	18
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	5	3	1	0		8:42	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Sorokin	L	37	35	2	.946	59:02

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Lars Eller	C	2	0	2	+1	0	2	2	1	44.4	14:41	22
10	Drew O'Connor	L	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	0	50.0	18:04	24
55	Noel Acciari	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	3	66.7	12:46	24
43	Jansen Harkins	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	100.0	8:19	13
48	Valtteri Puustinen	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		7:34	13
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	+2	0	5	0	2		25:18	27
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		25:04	27
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	1		24:35	25
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	1		21:56	28
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	58.3	20:12	23
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		19:41	25
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	5		19:30	22
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	58.3	18:10	26
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0		18:00	26
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	80.0	12:46	24
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1		12:01	18
7	John Ludvig	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	2		9:25	15
13	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		7:58	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Alex Nedeljkovic	W	38	37	1	.974	60:00