For the love of sports: those that play, coach, and report

The Ottawa Senators came out ready to play in the 1st period of game 4 when Milan Michalek scored a short-handed goal to start the scoring.   James Neal tied the game at 1 a few minutes later, but Ottawa took the lead when Kyle Turris scored to give them a 2-1 lead after the 1st period.      In the 2nd period, the Penguins took control of the game when Chris Kunitz and Jarome Iginla scored goals 40 seconds apart to give them a 3-2 lead after two periods.     In the 3rd period,  James Neal scored his 2nd goal of the game on the power play to give the Penguins a 4-2 lead.    Pascal Dupuis scored a short-handed goal, and 31 seconds later Sidney Crosby scored chasing Senators goalie Craig Anderson from the game.   Jarome Iginla scored his 2nd of the game to finish the scoring, and the Penguins won the game 7 to 3.    Kris Letang had 4 assists, and Tomas Vokoun played another stellar game.    They have a 3 games 1 series lead, and could wrap it up in Game 5 Friday night at the Consol Energy Center with face off at 7:30 P.M

The Penguins came out flat in the 1st period when the New York Islanders took a 2 to 1 lead to the intermission.   John Tavares had the opening goal, but Jarome Iginla tied the game 2 minutes later.  Colin McDonald gave the Islanders the lead with 37 seconds left in the 1st period.    Pascual Dupuis tied the game 10:59 into the 2nd period. The score stayed at 2 going into the 2nd intermission.  Michael Grabner gave the Islanders a 3-2 lead 2:21 into the 3rd period.   Paul Martin tied the game with 5:16 left in the 3rd period.   After both teams had several chances in the overtime period Brooks Orpik drilled a slap shot passed Evengi Nabokov at 7:49 to win the game 4-3, and won the series for the Penguins 4 games to 2.    They will take on the Ottawa Senators in the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with times and dates to be determined.