Penguins 8 - 3 Islanders — Recap

Mon, Mar 30, 2026

11:00 PM

FinalRegular season

UBS Arena

PIT

8–3

NYI

OW L L OW L

OL OW L L OW L

OL L W W OL OW L L OW L

W W L W L

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W W L W L L W W L OW

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

PIT 43%57% NYI

Probable score

3 - 4

Regulation win (home)

52%

OT / shootout probability

15%

Elo home / away

1493 / 1501

2 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

Bo Horvat0.51 goal · 40%0

Simon Holmstrom0.41 goal · 33%0

Matthew Schaefer0.39 goal · 32%0

Anders Lee0.37 goal · 31%1

Emil Heineman0.33 goal · 28%0

Rickard Rakell0.31 goal · 26%2

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

Bo Horvat0.51 goal · 40%0

Simon Holmstrom0.41 goal · 33%0

Matthew Schaefer0.39 goal · 32%0

Anders Lee0.37 goal · 31%1

Emil Heineman0.33 goal · 28%0

Rickard Rakell0.31 goal · 26%2

Likely assists

2/6 correct

Matthew Schaefer0.56 assist · 43%0

Mathew Barzal0.46 assist · 37%1

Bo Horvat0.32 assist · 27%0

Erik Karlsson0.31 assist · 27%0

Brayden Schenn0.28 assist · 24%0

Sidney Crosby0.28 assist · 24%2

Likely point getters

3/6 correct

Matthew Schaefer0.95 point · 61%0

Bo Horvat0.82 point · 56%0

Mathew Barzal0.72 point · 51%2

Anders Lee0.58 point · 44%1

Simon Holmstrom0.58 point · 44%0

Rickard Rakell0.54 point · 42%2

Tonight's matchup

Sidney Crosby

PIT · C · 68 GP

vs

Mathew Barzal

NYI · C · 81 GP

PIT	Stat	NYI
29	G	19
45	A	53
74	PTS	72
18.1%	S%	10.3%
19.2	TOI	20.7

PIT 4 – 6 NYI · goal diff (home) -0.20

Feb 3PIT4–5NYIOT2025-26 Oct 9NYI3–4PIT2025-26 Mar 18NYI4–2PIT2024-25 Dec 29NYI2–3PIT2024-25 Dec 28PIT3–6NYI2024-25 Nov 5PIT3–4NYISO2024-25 Apr 17PIT4–5NYI2023-24 Feb 20NYI5–4PITOT2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

A. Mantha

R · PIT

2G · 1A · 3P

2

J. Brazeau

R · PIT

0G · 3A · 3P

3

R. Rakell

R · PIT

2G · 0A · 2P

Scoring summary

2nd period

01:27
NYIA. Lee(17)PP
A. Boqvist (3), J. Pageau (17)
PIT 0–1 NYI
02:56
NYIM. Barzal(19)
C. Ritchie (14), A. Boqvist (4)
PIT 0–2 NYI
06:41
PITE. Soderblom(4)
C. Dewar (14), N. Acciari (11)
PIT 1–2 NYI
09:17
NYIB. Schenn(16)
M. Barzal (48), C. Ritchie (15)
PIT 1–3 NYI
11:01
PITR. Rakell(18)SH
B. Rust (34), P. Wotherspoon (25)
PIT 2–3 NYI
13:29
PITR. Shea(5)TYING
A. Mantha (28), S. Crosby (37)
PIT 3–3 NYI
14:35
PITA. Mantha(28)
J. Brazeau (15), P. Wotherspoon (26)
PIT 4–3 NYI
17:18
PITA. Mantha(29)
J. Brazeau (16), K. Letang (26)
PIT 5–3 NYI

3rd period

06:06
PITA. Hayes(3)
B. Kindel (17), T. Novak (23)
PIT 6–3 NYI
07:54
PITR. Rakell(19)
J. Brazeau (17), S. Girard (12)
PIT 7–3 NYI
16:16
PITB. Rust(27)
S. Crosby (38), K. Letang (27)
PIT 8–3 NYI

Team comparison

PIT	Stat	NYI
32	Shots	23
—	Power play	1
16	Hits	16
17	Blocked shots	14
11	PIM	9

Actual result

Goal scorers(9)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(9)

Goal scorers(9)

Assists(15)

Points(21)