PITTSBURGH — The New York Islanders again had the Penguins right where they wanted them.
The Penguins lost to these pesky Islanders in all three of their battles against their Metropolitan Division rivals earlier this season. Last month, they twice coughed up multi-goal leads against them, letting them linger in the playoff race.
They couldn’t afford to do it again Thursday night, not with so much on the line.
