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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 4, NY Islanders 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, October 9, 2025
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Mitch Dunning, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Michel Cormier
Attendance: 16107
Final Scoring Summary
 
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NY Islanders 1203
Pittsburgh 1214
Periods:
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1
NY Islanders   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  0:20 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Mathew Barzal.
Anders Lee blocks shot from Ryan Pulock. 0:30  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 0:32  
Anders Lee hits Kris Letang. 0:35  
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 0:47  
  0:47 Noel Acciari hits Anders Lee.
Anders Lee hits Blake Lizotte. 0:52  
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 0:54  
  1:24 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
  1:26 Noel Acciari hits Alexander Romanov.
Shot by Alexander Romanov misses the net 1:26  
Takeaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau. 1:33  
  2:03 Tommy Novak shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  2:07 Ben Kindel hits Casey Cizikas.
  2:13 Harrison Brunicke shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Alexander Romanov penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Filip Hallander. 3:00  
  3:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Ryan Pulock blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 3:18  
  3:19 Rickard Rakell shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  3:21 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  3:23 Ben Kindel wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  3:23 Evgeni Malkin scores a power play goal. Assisted by Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell.
  3:41 Justin Brazeau hits Casey Cizikas.
Maxim Tsyplakov hits Ben Kindel. 3:58  
Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Harrison Brunicke. 4:05  
  4:34 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  4:48 Ryan Shea blocks shot from Anders Lee.
Adam Pelech shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 4:59  
  5:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Giveaway by Bo Horvat. 5:05  
  5:15 Rickard Rakell hits Adam Pelech.
  5:31 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
  5:39 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
Tony DeAngelo shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 5:45  
  5:48 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Shot by Jean-Gabriel Pageau misses the net 6:07  
  6:09 Ben Kindel wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Casey Cizikas hits Harrison Brunicke. 6:29  
  6:35 Filip Hallander hits Alexander Romanov.
  7:06 Giveaway by Blake Lizotte.
  7:10 Connor Dewar hits Kyle Palmieri.
Scott Mayfield shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 7:38  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Rickard Rakell. 7:41  
  7:41 Noel Acciari penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor).
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 7:51  
  7:54 Blake Lizotte wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 8:37  
  8:50 Blake Lizotte blocks shot from Tony DeAngelo.
Shot by Bo Horvat misses the net 8:55  
  9:10 Takeaway by Rickard Rakell.
Takeaway by Maxim Shabanov. 9:16  
Emil Heineman wins the faceoff against Blake Lizotte. 9:28  
Emil Heineman shoots misses the net 9:35  
  9:56 Harrison Brunicke hits Emil Heineman.
  10:26 Giveaway by Tristan Jarry.
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 10:38  
  10:44 Giveaway by Ville Koivunen.
  11:19 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Matthew Schaefer.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Ben Kindel. 11:21  
Giveaway by Scott Mayfield. 11:28  
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 11:36  
  11:37 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  11:56 Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon.
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 12:02  
Jonathan Drouin scores. Assisted by Matthew Schaefer. 12:02  
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 12:12  
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 12:23  
  12:25 Justin Brazeau blocks shot from Anthony Duclair.
  12:35 Anthony Mantha hits Maxim Tsyplakov.
  12:41 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
  12:43 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Simon Holmstrom.
Mathew Barzal blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 13:57  
  14:13 Connor Dewar shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  14:26 Parker Wotherspoon blocks shot from Emil Heineman.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 14:28  
  14:46 Caleb Jones hits Bo Horvat.
  15:09 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:14  
Casey Cizikas blocks shot from Adam Pelech. 15:15  
  15:53 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
Jean-Gabriel Pageau blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 16:27  
  16:40 Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  16:41 Ben Kindel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 16:43  
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov. 16:51  
Anders Lee hits Anthony Mantha. 17:02  
Adam Pelech shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 17:22  
  17:43 Blake Lizotte shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  17:48 Shot by Caleb Jones misses the net
  18:17 Harrison Brunicke shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Anthony Duclair shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 18:42  
  18:49 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  18:55 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Giveaway by Anthony Duclair. 19:05  
Giveaway by Casey Cizikas. 19:09  
Adam Pelech hits Justin Brazeau. 19:25  
  19:37 Ben Kindel wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
  19:54 Ville Koivunen shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
2
NY Islanders   Pittsburgh
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Bo Horvat hits Kris Letang. 0:07  
  0:08 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 0:09  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:12  
Emil Heineman blocks shot from Adam Pelech. 0:25  
  0:35 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Bo Horvat.
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:43  
  1:19 Takeaway by Erik Karlsson.
  1:39 Takeaway by Parker Wotherspoon.
Maxim Tsyplakov hits Harrison Brunicke. 2:58  
Casey Cizikas shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 3:11  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Ben Kindel. 3:13  
  3:15 Kris Letang hits Jonathan Drouin.
Giveaway by Emil Heineman. 3:26  
  3:34 Tommy Novak hits Adam Pelech.
Kyle Palmieri scores. Assisted by Mathew Barzal and Scott Mayfield. 4:04  
  4:04 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Mathew Barzal.
  4:18 Parker Wotherspoon shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  4:36 Shot by Parker Wotherspoon misses the net
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 4:38  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 4:48  
  4:57 Anthony Mantha hits Alexander Romanov.
  5:04 Giveaway by Anthony Mantha.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Harrison Brunicke. 5:07  
Alexander Romanov blocks shot from Anthony Mantha. 5:15  
  5:16 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  5:18 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Ben Kindel. 5:20  
  5:32 Giveaway by Harrison Brunicke.
Casey Cizikas blocks shot from Matthew Schaefer. 5:33  
  5:41 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  5:41 Harrison Brunicke scores. Assisted by Filip Hallander and Tommy Novak.
  6:01 Kris Letang hits Emil Heineman.
Emil Heineman hits Noel Acciari. 6:11  
  6:12 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  6:14 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  6:49 Rickard Rakell hits Adam Pelech.
Kyle Palmieri penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Parker Wotherspoon. 7:00  
  7:00 Parker Wotherspoon penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Kyle Palmieri.
  7:00 Connor Dewar wins the faceoff against Anders Lee.
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 7:24  
Giveaway by Tony DeAngelo. 7:45  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Anthony Mantha. 8:14  
Bo Horvat penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Anthony Mantha. 8:43  
  8:43 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 8:58  
  8:58 Sidney Crosby scores a power play goal. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Rickard Rakell.
Takeaway by Alexander Romanov. 10:33  
Tony DeAngelo shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 10:53  
  10:58 Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon.
Shot by Anthony Duclair misses the net 11:04  
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Blake Lizotte. 11:06  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 11:08  
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 11:10  
  11:40 Erik Karlsson penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Anders Lee.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Rickard Rakell. 11:40  
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 11:49  
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 12:16  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Blake Lizotte. 12:18  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Connor Dewar. 12:39  
Tony DeAngelo shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 13:23  
  13:32 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  13:33 Blake Lizotte blocks shot from Bo Horvat.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 13:38  
Mathew Barzal penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Ryan Shea. 13:38  
  14:18 Giveaway by Rickard Rakell.
Alexander Romanov hits Rickard Rakell. 14:18  
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 14:24  
Giveaway by Bo Horvat. 14:30  
  14:50 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Kris Letang.
Matthew Schaefer hits Ville Koivunen. 15:59  
Anders Lee blocks shot from Caleb Jones. 16:03  
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 16:43  
Alexander Romanov hits Justin Brazeau. 17:00  
Casey Cizikas blocks shot from Kris Letang. 17:04  
Giveaway by Scott Mayfield. 17:17  
  17:18 Anthony Mantha shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 17:21  
  17:53 Ryan Shea shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  18:02 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
Emil Heineman blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 18:08  
  18:10 Shot by Sidney Crosby misses the net
  18:29 Tommy Novak shoots misses the net
Jean-Gabriel Pageau shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 18:39  
  18:55 Ben Kindel shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 18:57  
Scott Mayfield hits Evgeni Malkin. 19:11  
  19:13 Giveaway by Anthony Mantha.
Maxim Shabanov scores. Assisted by Simon Holmstrom. 19:19  
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:19  
Alexander Romanov hits Kris Letang. 19:41  
  19:45 Kris Letang hits Mathew Barzal.
Shot by Alexander Romanov misses the net 19:49  
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:57  
3
NY Islanders   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Giveaway by Adam Pelech. 0:10  
  0:10 Sidney Crosby hits Ryan Pulock.
  0:32 Rickard Rakell blocks shot from Tony DeAngelo.
  0:42 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against Mathew Barzal.
  0:59 Takeaway by Anthony Mantha.
  1:20 Justin Brazeau blocks shot from Parker Wotherspoon.
Shot by Anders Lee misses the net 1:33  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 2:15  
Simon Holmstrom penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Harrison Brunicke. 2:15  
  3:13 Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net
  3:20 Sidney Crosby hits Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Casey Cizikas blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 3:32  
  3:35 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  3:36 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Giveaway by Scott Mayfield. 3:57  
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 4:12  
Mathew Barzal wins the faceoff against Blake Lizotte. 4:16  
  4:19 Caleb Jones blocks shot Anders Lee shoots
  4:26 Connor Dewar hits Matthew Schaefer.
Giveaway by Matthew Schaefer. 4:52  
  4:54 Giveaway by Caleb Jones.
Anders Lee blocks shot from Matthew Schaefer. 5:03  
  5:16 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
  5:24 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Maxim Tsyplakov shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 5:33  
Casey Cizikas wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 5:37  
  5:40 Sidney Crosby blocks shot from Anthony Duclair.
Casey Cizikas blocks shot from Ryan Pulock. 5:45  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 5:46  
Alexander Romanov hits Sidney Crosby. 6:28  
  6:41 Giveaway by Filip Hallander.
  7:02 Tommy Novak blocks shot from Tony DeAngelo.
  7:10 Tommy Novak shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Takeaway by Matthew Schaefer. 7:29  
Matthew Schaefer shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 7:38  
  8:43 Connor Dewar shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  8:46 Shot by Erik Karlsson misses the net
  8:59 Erik Karlsson shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  9:02 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Casey Cizikas.
Anthony Duclair blocks shot from Erik Karlsson. 9:08  
Tony DeAngelo blocks shot from Filip Hallander. 9:09  
  9:10 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
  9:11 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
  9:19 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
  9:27 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  9:29 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
  9:33 Giveaway by Filip Hallander.
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 9:39  
  10:11 Tommy Novak hits Matthew Schaefer.
  10:15 Shot by Parker Wotherspoon misses the net
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 11:13  
  11:28 Justin Brazeau hits Anders Lee.
  11:44 Giveaway by Harrison Brunicke.
  11:51 Shot by Caleb Jones misses the net
Casey Cizikas hits Noel Acciari. 11:55  
Tony DeAngelo blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 11:59  
  12:13 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Giveaway by Maxim Tsyplakov. 12:13  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 12:15  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 12:36  
Shot by Jonathan Drouin misses the net 12:40  
  12:56 Giveaway by Erik Karlsson.
Giveaway by Emil Heineman. 13:00  
Giveaway by Casey Cizikas. 13:23  
Anthony Duclair blocks shot from Kris Letang. 13:32  
  13:52 Kris Letang hits Casey Cizikas.
  13:53 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau wins the faceoff against Blake Lizotte. 14:21  
  14:21 Justin Brazeau scores. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Anthony Mantha.
  14:29 Caleb Jones hits Simon Holmstrom.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Harrison Brunicke. 14:31  
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hits Blake Lizotte. 14:37  
  14:53 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Ilya Sorokin.
Giveaway by Tony DeAngelo. 15:07  
Alexander Romanov hits Noel Acciari. 15:09  
Bo Horvat hits Rickard Rakell. 15:36  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 15:40  
Adam Pelech shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 15:41  
Shot by Emil Heineman misses the net 15:50  
Emil Heineman hits Erik Karlsson. 16:00  
  16:15 Ben Kindel penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Adam Pelech.
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 16:15  
Kyle Palmieri shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 17:11  
  17:13 Noel Acciari wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 17:26  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 17:28  
Shot by Jonathan Drouin misses the net 17:35  
Kyle Palmieri blocks shot from Tony DeAngelo. 17:58  
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 18:31  
  18:34 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Bo Horvat.
  18:55 Giveaway by Ryan Shea.
Bo Horvat shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 18:59  
Bo Horvat wins the faceoff against Noel Acciari. 19:00  
Kyle Palmieri blocks shot from Matthew Schaefer. 19:07  
  19:24 Connor Dewar blocks shot from Matthew Schaefer.
Anders Lee shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 19:43  
Shot by Jonathan Drouin misses the net 19:44  
  19:45 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
Jonathan Drouin penalty for cross checking - 5 mins (Minor). Drawn by Connor Dewar. 19:45  
Jonathan Drouin penalty for misconduct - 10 mins (Major). 19:45  
Mathew Barzal shoots Saved by Tristan Jarry. 19:57