Marc-Andre Fleury made 38 saves for Pittsburgh, which allowed the speedy Islanders to counterpunch all night.
Evgeni Malkin added two assists, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves for Pittsburgh.
Marc-Andre Fleury turned aside all 26 shots he faced for his sixth career playoff shutout and the Penguins continued to dominate the Islanders at home.
Evgeni Nabokov, the Islanders' goaltender, was not a whole lot better Tuesday than Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, but Nabokov held on to the last Islanders' lead.
Marc-Andre Fleury, who replaced shelled start Tomas Vokoun in the Penguins' 4-1 home loss to Buffalo on Tuesday, played the duration on Wednesday and made 33 saves.
Pascal Dupuis scored twice, Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves, and the top-seeded Penguins opened the playoffs with a 5-0 romp over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.
Marc-Andre Fleury replaced Vokoun and was sharp, stopping all 16 shots he faced in his first game since sustaining a minor upper body injury against Montreal last week.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped only 18 shots during a difficult night.
Certainly not against Vokoun, thrust into the lineup after Bylsma benched Marc-Andre Fleury, who had started 79 straight postseason games but struggled in a 6-4 loss in Game 4.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 34 shots and then stoned Rick Nash, Mats Zuccarello and Ryan Callahan in the shootout as Pittsburgh snapped a two-game losing streak following a 15-game winning run.
Pittsburgh got into position to advance to the second round for the first time since 2010 when it won 4-0 in Game 5 with Vokoun in goal instead of Marc-Andre Fleury.
Okposo's shot actually sailed wide of Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury but caromed off the end boards then back to the crease, where it rolled off Fleury's pads and across the goal line.
Pittsburgh built a three-goal lead, and Marc-Andre Fleury seemed on track for a shutout, but New York rallied to get within one before falling short in a 4-2 loss on Tuesday night.
Pascal Dupuis scored twice, Marc-Andre Fleury tied a franchise record with his sixth career shutout and the Penguins showed few weaknesses in their quest to bookend the Stanley Cup they won in 2009.
Barely 24 hours after shutting out the New York Rangers 3-0 behind No. 1 goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, Vokoun showcased why the Penguins traded for him during the offseason to give Fleury an experienced backup.
Steve Ott gave the Sabres the lead for good when he batted a rebound out of the air past Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury with 2:34 left and Vanek added an empty-netter in the final minute.
Marc-Andre Fleury is our starting goaltender and started this series and won us some hockey games, made a lot of saves for us, but we're not going to talk about our starting goaltender for Game 5.
They strolled while James Neal dealt with the after effects of an elbow to the head and had no problem when goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury spent the last few weeks anxiously awaiting the birth of his daughter.
Okposo fired a shot wide of the net that caromed back to the crease, then rolled off Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and across the goal line to give New York its first playoff win since April 14, 2007 against Buffalo.
Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma grew so frustrated watching eighth-seeded New York overwhelm goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury that Bylsma benched the Stanley Cup winner who had made 79 consecutive playoff starts in favor of Vokoun, a 36-year-old journeyman who has never made it out of the first round of the postseason in his career.
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