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Islanders Need To Follow Same Game Plan In Game 5

UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - MAY 22: Ilya Sorokin #30 and Scott Mayfield #24 of the New York Islanders celebrate a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Four of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Nassau Coliseum on May 22, 2021 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

It took four games, but the Islanders finally got under the skin of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Through the first three games of the series, the Isles were trying to outhit and survive. It worked in Game 1, but in Game 2 and 3 they were unable to play a full 60 minutes.