Pens beat the Islanders 4-2; Letang 2nd star!

by Theresa · February 6, 2013

Revenge was sweet for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

One week after the New York Islanders came to Consol Energy Center and stifled the Penguins in a 4-1 win, Pittsburgh returned the favor by coming to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and defeating New York 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, who was pulled in last week’s loss after allowing four goals in two periods, looked sharp in making 32 saves. The Islanders got their goals 35 seconds apart early in the third period; Michael Grabner tapped in a feed from Kyle Okposo at 3:14 and Brad Boyes slid home a backhander at 3:49.

But by then, the Penguins owned a 3-0 lead; Brandon Sutter scored on a 2-on-1 break 90 seconds before Grabner’s goal to give Pittsburgh its three-goal margin.

After the Islanders’ quick flurry, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma called his timeout to calm things down.

“I definitely just wanted to refocus and I don’t know if relax is the right word, but they started coming with a lot of speed there and they got two quick goals,” Bylsma said. “Just wanted to take a second, take a look at the clock. Just wanted to get refocused back on playing the way we needed to play, regardless of the fact that they got two quick ones there. I thought our guys did a great job of that. We were faced with another kill there in that period of time and we had to come up big with that kill, which I thought was huge.” >>Continue Reading Recap<<

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