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PITTSBURGH – Tom Kuhnhackl laughed that he would receive a tribute video from his former team. Then he dismissed a pre-game question by asking what it would be to score a goal against the Penguins.
Both arrived.
"Scoring and winning is the icing on the cake," said Kuhnhackl after the Islanders' 6-3 touching victory in a dark PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday night.
Kuhnhackl, a fourth-line player injuring Cal Clutterbuck, scored a third-period goal to stop the Penguins' momentum as the Islanders (6-4-1) swept a three-game road trip against the hosts. enemies of the Metropolitan Division and eight of their first 11 on the road.
"People talk about our young team and we lost JT [John Tavares], Said right-winger Jordan Eberle, who scored two of the Islanders 'three goals in the second period as he took a 5-2 lead, shattering the Penguins' four-game winning streak. "We have a lot of guys who know how to win. We are just trying to keep playing the same way. "
The match was preceded by a ceremony commemorating the deaths of 11 people during a shootout at the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday.
The Islanders play 8-13 at home in November, starting with the Penguins (6-2-2) on Thursday night at Barclays Center.
Neither the departing goalkeeper has finished the game.
Matt Murray of the Penguins was eliminated after allowing four goals on nine shots in 31:56 and Robin Lehner was injured after making 23 saves in two periods.
Kuhnhackl, who won two Stanley Cups in three seasons with the Penguins before signing a one-year contract with the Islanders for $ 700,000, was honored by a video tribute to Pittsburgh during a stop. at 6:18 of the second period ending with "Thanks Tom Kuhnhackl."
He recovered a rebound on the left post and beat Casey DeSmith (14 saves) at 9:44 of the third period to get his first point in four games as an Icelandic to raise the score to 6-3.
"I have a lot of good memories here," Kuhnhackl said. "I did not have a lot of strengths that they could have put on this video."
Matt Martin gave the Islanders a 3-2 lead at 9:32 of the second period and Eberle sued Murray with a power play goal at 11:56. Eberle then scored 5-2 at 13:49 of the second period on a goal that withstood a Penguins offside challenge to give the Islanders five goals on 10 shots.
The Islanders lost a two-goal lead in the first period, which coach Barry Trotz called the worst team of the season.
Notes and quotes: Right wing Josh Bailey extended his scoring with six assists. . . Thomas Greiss made 12 relief stops on Lehner. . . Clutterbuck (upper body) missed his second consecutive game.
Andrew Gross joined Newsday in 2018 to cover the Islanders. He started reporting on the NHL in 2003 and has already covered the Rangers and Devils. The Jets, St. John's and MLB were also named.
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