Isles get 6-5 win against Penguins

Pittsburgh allowed the winning goal with just 26.8 seconds remaining.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Suddenly, the Pittsburgh Penguins' standard of success has risen as quickly as their place in the Eastern Conference standings.
Just 26.8 seconds away from another productive outing, Pittsburgh allowed Mike Sillinger's winning goal that gave the New York Islanders a 6-5 comeback victory and snapped the Penguins' point streak at 16 games Monday.
Pittsburgh, riding a 14-0-2 surge that vaulted the Penguins from also-ran to Atlantic Division-contenders, got three goals from Ryan Malone, two from Mark Recchi and four assists from NHL scoring leader Sidney Crosby, but couldn't survive shaky goaltending by Marc-Andre Fleury.
He will have to be better if the Penguins hope to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2001.
"Guys in here are disappointed and upset, and that's a good thing," said Recchi, who added three assists. "We played three hockey games in such a short time, and to see people unhappy after losing the third one is a good sign."
Sillinger hits game winner
Sillinger took a pass from Andy Hilbert in the high slot and got off a shot that hit under Fleury's glove and carried in for his 20th goal.
"We found a way to win," Sillinger said. "When you outscore a team like this, you're doing something right."
Crosby nearly set up another goal seconds earlier, but couldn't escape Trent Hunter behind the net.
"When you score five goals on the road, you've got to win those games," Penguins coach Michel Therrien said.
Chris Simon scored twice, Viktor Kozlov, Jason Blake and Miroslav Satan added goals, and Marc-Andre Bergeron had two assists in his Islanders debut one day after being acquired from Edmonton.
"We weren't worried about their streak or anything, we were just kind of worried about ourselves," forward Arron Asham said.
First regulation loss since Jan. 10
Pittsburgh, which led 3-1 and 5-4, hadn't lost in regulation since Jan. 10 at Florida. It was the Penguins' longest streak since an 18-game run in 1993 that included a league-record 17 consecutive wins.
"Losing is never fun, but it was going to happen sometime," said Crosby, who has three goals and 14 assists against the Islanders.
Malone scored in the opening minute of all three periods, but the Penguins continued a recent pattern of blown leads and had a six-game winning streak broken.
"This was a tough one to lose," Malone said. "We didn't want to give one up in the last minute. We can't be giving up three, four, five goals every game."
Crosby leads league
Crosby is first in the league with 95 points, despite only one goal in 11 games. He has multipoint games in all six contests against New York this season, and his 31 career points in two seasons are his most against any team.
Malone gave Pittsburgh a 5-4 lead at 48 seconds of the third, putting in his rebound after a shot from Crosby bounced to him. He has 12 goals this season, six against the Islanders in the first two hat tricks of his career.
Simon broke out of a 26-game scoring drought, netting his second of the game and seventh overall 1:11 later.
It marked the fourth time in six games that the Penguins blew an advantage of at least two goals, but they had all won the others.
Satan gave New York its first lead at 8:05 when he put in a juicy rebound after a hard drive by Kozlov during 4-on-4 play. Fleury, who took Sunday off against Washington after starting 14 of 15 games, has given up at least four goals in seven of nine outings.
Recchi struck again 16 seconds into a 5-on-3 advantage, making it 4-4 with 1:59 remaining in the middle frame.
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