"It's great to see him back, making all those plays, " Kunitz said of Crosby.
Coach Dan Bylsma plans to use Jokinen to center wingers Pascal Dupuis and Chris Kunitz.
"I get to play with the best player in the world every night, " Kunitz said.
Crosby fed Kunitz in the slot for a hard shot that beat goalie Evgeni Nabokov to win it.
Islanders, Boyes 6 (Cizikas, Moulson), 8:07. 5, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 17 (Letang, Crosby), 13:34. 6, Pittsburgh, Neal 17 (Letang), 13:50.
Pittsburgh tied it early in the second when Kunitz got behind the defense and went in alone to beat Anderson.
Pittsburgh forward Chris Kunitz snapped a shot at Nabokov that clattered off his linemate, Pascal Dupuis, and skipped past Nabokov.
Chris Kunitz scored his 22nd goal for Pittsburgh and Jarome Iginla scored in his fourth straight game but it wasn't enough.
Dupuis 10 (Kunitz, Crosby), 7:10. 2, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 15 (Neal, Crosby), 13:46 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 16 (Neal, Crosby), 16:41 (pp).
Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice, Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis added goals, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves.
Kunitz made it look simple on a night the NHL's highest-scoring team hardly looked tired playing its third game in 72 hours.
Kunitz added two assists to move into third place in the NHL scoring race with 36 points, nine behind Crosby's league-leading total.
That was difficult, because Mr Kunitz felt his human heaviness so intensely.
ECONOMIST: Stanley Kunitz, American poet, died on May 14th, aged 100
Jokinen gave the Penguins the lead when he skated to open space as Chris Kunitz controlled the puck behind the New York net.
Kunitz took a backhand feed from Neal and slipped it by Nabokov to score Pittsburgh's 33rd first-period goal, the most in the league.
Pittsburgh's Chris Kunitz and Boston's Rich Peverley were called for unsportsmanlike conduct 5 seconds before intermission, a preview to the main event moments later.
Kunitz pushed the lead to 3-0 by the end of the period after a pair of power-play goals within a span of 3 minutes.
Dupuis gave the Penguins their second lead of Tuesday night 41 seconds into the third period when he tipped in a shot from Chris Kunitz.
Dupuis gave the Penguins their second lead of the night just 41 seconds into the third period when he tipped in a shot from Chris Kunitz.
Malkin sent a pass from blue line to blue line to Kunitz, who streaked in alone on Nabokov and snapped a shot inside the right post at 13:37.
The momentum lasted all of 20 seconds, or as long as Kunitz needed to take a pass from Brandon Sutter then wrist a shot off Miller's glove and into the net to tie the score.
Sidney Crosby tied a career high with five assists, and Chris Kunitz posted his second hat trick of the season as the Penguins rocked the New York Islanders 6-1 on Sunday night for their fifth straight win.
After killing off an early penalty to McDonagh, a power play that produced Jarome Iginla's hard drive off the goal post, the Rangers took advantage of Chris Kunitz's slashing penalty at 8:36 when Boyle scored his second of the season.
Pittsburgh nearly took its first lead of the night in the final minute of the second when Crosby eluded Frans Nielsen behind the New York net and found Chris Kunitz at the right post for a quick one-timer that Nabokov blocked.
Chris Kunitz scored his second man-advantage goal of the game 8:44 into overtime, off the third assist of the day by Crosby, and the Penguins rode a slew of ups and downs Sunday en route to a 5-4 victory over the Islanders that gave top-seeded Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
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