PITTSBURGH – Kyle Palmieri had two goals in 17 regular-season games for the Islanders after being acquired from the Devils.
The Smithtown-born wing had two in the Islanders’ 4-3 overtime win over the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday afternoon in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series, including the winner at 16:30 of overtime.
It was the longest-ever game between the teams, who had gone to overtime six times previously in playoff series.
Game 2 is Tuesday night in Pittsburgh before the series shifts to Nassau Coliseum for Thursday night’s Game 3.
Rookie Ilya Sorokin (39 saves) made his first NHL playoff start, with Semyon Varlamov unavailable, while the Penguins’ Tristan Jarry (37 saves) was making his second postseason start.