Penguins beat Isles on Gonchar OT goal (20-Oct-2006)
The Penguins defeat the Islanders 4-3 with a Sergei Gonchar power play goal in overtime in front of an announced crowd of 10,258 at Nassau Coliseum. Pittsburgh led 2-0 early in the second period after Michel Ouellet and Nils Ekman power play goals but New York responded with three goals in under three minutes near the end of the second. Evgeni Malkin tied the game with his second goal in as many games before Gonchar netted the game-winner at 3:33 of overtime.
Scoring
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
T
Penguins
1
1
1
1
4
Islanders
0
3
0
0
3
Shots on goal
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
T
Penguins
15
6
9
1
36
Islanders
10
16
9
2
37
Power Plays
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
T
Penguins
1-3
1-3
0-1
1-1
3-8
Islanders
0-2
2-3
0-2
0-0
2-7
Starting Goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Alternate captains: Sidney Crosby, Mark Recchi, John LeClair
1st Period Scoring: Pit, Ouellet (power play) (E Malkin, S Crosby), 8:24.
Shots after one were 15-10 in favor of Pittsburgh.
2nd Period Scoring: Pit, Ekman (power play) (S Gonchar, S Crosby), 4:55. NYI, Yashin (V Kozlov, A Zhitnik), 15:43. NYI, Sillinger (power play) (A Yashin, M Satan), 17:23. NYI, Blake (power play) (A Yashin, T Poti), 18:32.
