NEW YORK Pens pained; streak grows

Pittsburgh's lead against the Islanders was short-lived.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- The New York Islanders are becoming more confident with each victory. The Pittsburgh Penguins are just hoping to win another game.
Mariusz Czerkawski scored two of New York's three power-play goals, and Garth Snow stopped 18 shots as the Islanders held on for a 4-3 victory Wednesday night that sent the Penguins to their 16th straight loss.
Roman Hamrlik and Kenny Jonsson also scored for the Islanders, 20-8-2 at home. New York moved into sole possession of seventh place in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of Montreal.
"We're not worrying about who's in ninth or 10th place," Islanders captain Michael Peca said. "We're looking at who's ahead of us, and trying to jump up to that level."
Getting technical
Since the Penguins lost in overtime on Saturday to St. Louis, their official losing streak ended at 13 games.
Tomas Surovy, Ric Jackman and Milan Kraft scored for the Penguins, who haven't won since beating Philadelphia on Jan. 12. Since then, Pittsburgh is 0-15-0-1.
Andy Chiodo made his first NHL start in goal for the Penguins and stopped 30 shots.
"I had some butterflies, but after the first few shifts, they disappeared and I was able to concentrate on my game," Chiodo said.
"Our team battled hard tonight, and the defense did a great job letting me see the shots."
The Islanders scored the only goal of the opening period while on a power play at 14:57. Meanwhile, the Penguins recorded just four shots on Snow, one in the last 13 minutes of the period.
Surovy tied it at 6:54 of the second period.
Pittsburgh grabbed the lead at 14:48 when Jackman's low left point slap shot beat Snow to the short side.
Czerkawski, who has 21 goals, got the Islanders even at 2 with his second of the game on the power play.
"It's always big to get a goal at the beginning or the end of the period," Czerkawski said. "It gives everyone some confidence, and we got a lot of energy after that."
Surging ahead
The Islanders took the lead for good on their only even-strength goal, as Hamrlik sneaked in from the point to one-time Peca's pass past Chiodo at 2:53 of the third. Jonsson made it 4-2 at 6:29 with another power-play goal.
Kraft wristed a loose puck past Snow to make it 4-3 at 11:25.
"I'm always nervous about these kind of games because the world expects us to win," Islanders coach Steve Stirling said. "Well, the Penguins never heard what the world had to say. They played a very good game."