PITTSBURGH – Ilya Sorokin deserved to win this game. The Islanders, at least until overtime started, did not.
Yet the Islanders, outskated and outshot significantly in regulation, pushed the Penguins to the brink of elimination with a 3-2, double-overtime win in Game 5 on Monday night at PPG Paints Arena.
Josh Bailey scored the winner, getting open near the crease, just 51 seconds into the second extra period.
Game 6 will be Wednesday night at Nassau Coliseum as the Islanders lead the series, 3-2.
But this game was all about the Islanders' rookie goalie, who stopped 48 shots and has won all three of his starts in this series.