The Islanders are on the cusp of their second playoff series win in more than a quarter-century,Jordan Eberle scored for the third straight game, Robin Lehner stopped 25 shots, and the visiting Islanders rolled to a 4-1 victory against the stunned Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday to take a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven first-round Eastern Conference series. Brock Nelson added his second goal of the playoffs and Leo Komarov scored the first postseason goal of his career for the Islanders, who pushed the star-laden Penguins to the brink of elimination. Garrett Wilson scored Pittsburgh’s goal, a first-period deflection past Lehner that gave the Penguins their second lead of the series. Eberle tied it 28 seconds later, and Nelson’s wrist shot put the Islanders in front to stay just 1 minute 2 seconds after Eberle’s third goal in the series.

Source: New York Times April 14, 2019 21:22 UTC