Playoff Stuff
Penguins-Islanders

-Talent, experience and most importantly, depth helped the Penguins advance.

-Ray Shero was named a finalist for general manager of the year along with Anaheim's Bob Murray and Montreal's Marc Bergevin.

-Brooks Orpik became the seventh player to win a playoff series for the Penguins with an overtime goal.

-Approximately 2,000 tickets for Games 1 and 2 each will be put on sale today beginning at noon.

-"From being in the AHL playoffs [with Wilkes-Barre] to being on the other side with the Penguins last year, I know that it takes a little bit and you're always sitting around saying, 'I could have done this or that.' It's just motivation to be better and we will be better for next season." - Islanders defenseman and former Penguin Brian Strait on being eliminated.

-After the Jump: The Red Wings eliminate the Ducks, the Rangers and Maple Leafs force Game 7, Whitehall's John Gibson gets a shutout at the IIHF World Championships and Derek Boogaard's family takes the NHL to court.

"Twenty Years Later" is a segment with a highly unimaginative name which will appear on Empty Netters throughout the 2012-13 season. We will examine the Penguins' 1992-93 season which led to the only President's Trophy in franchise history. The 1992-93 squad is commonly regarded as the most talented in the history of the Penguins. We will look back on games on the date they happened.

Today, we look at the Penguins' 7-5 loss against the New York Islanders in Game 6 of the Patrick Division final series, May 12, 1993.

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The Islanders tied the series, 3-3, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. Just 25 seconds into the game, a goal by right winger Brad Dalgarno against goaltender Tom Barrasso. Defenseman Darius Kasparaitis and center Claude Loisellecollected assists.

The Penguins tied the game, 1-1, when rookie left winger Martin Straka scored his first career postseason goal against goaltender Glenn Healy. Assists went to left winger Troy Loney and defenseman Kjell Samuelsson.

Shortly after that, at the 7:19 mark, left winger Derek King scored to regain the lead for the Islanders, 2-1. Assists were credited to defenseman Dennis Vaske and left winger Steve Junker.

Just 1:16 into the second period, the Penguins tied the game once again, 2-2, when center Mario Lemieux scored off assists from defenseman Ulf Samuelsson and Barrasso.

New York took a 3-2 lead when center Ray Ferrarro scored at 7:22 on a power play Assists went to left winger Brian Mullen and Steve Thomas.

The Islanders made it a 4-2 game when Thomas scored on a power play at 11:20 off assists from defenseman Tom Kurvers and center Benoit Hogue.

Just over a minute later at 12:22, Straka scored his second goal to cut the lead to 4-3. Right winger Jaromir Jagr and left winger Kevin Stevens claimed assists.

The Penguins tied the game yet again, 4-4, when Stevens scored on a power play at 14:31 off assists from right winger Rick Tocchet and Lemieux.

New York took another lead, 5-4, at 5:42 of the third period when Mullen scored off assists from Thomas and Hogue.

Thomas scored the eventual game-winning goal at the 10:32 mark. Ferraro and King were credited with assists.

The Penguins cut the lead to 6-5 when Stevens scored on a power play at the 17:28 mark. Defenseman Larry Murphy and Lemieux had assists.

An empty-net goal by defenseman Uwe Krupp at 19:42 secured the win for the Islanders. The goal was unassisted.

Highlights:

Notes:

-Barrasso made 30 saves in the loss.

-The three stars were 1.) Thomas 2.) Mullen 3.) Kasparaitis.

Postseason statistics:

Player Position	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points
Mario Lemieux, C	9	8	9	17
Ron Francis, C	11	5	10	15
Rick Tocchet, RW	11	6	7	13
Kevin Stevens, LW	11	5	10	13
Larry Murphy, D	11	2	9	11
Jaromir Jagr, RW	11	5	4	9
Joe Mullen, RW	11	4	2	6
Mike Ramsey, D	11	0	6	6
Jeff Daniels, LW	11	3	2	5
Shawn McEachern, LW	11	3	2	5
Troy Loney, LW	9	1	4	5
Dave Tippett, C	11	1	4	5
Ulf Samuelsson, D	11	0	5	5
Martin Straka, C	10	2	1	3
Peter Taglianetti, D	10	1	1	2
Kjell Samuelsson, D	11	0	2	2
Mike Needham, RW	8	1	0	1
Paul Stanton, D	1	0	1	1
Mike Stapleton, C	6	0	0	0
Grant Jennings, D	11	0	0	0

Also in the news that day:

-Shortstop Jay Bell went 2 for 4 with a run for the Pirates in a 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Three Rivers Stadium.

(Photo: Penguins Hockey Cards)

In addition to becoming only the third defenseman in franchise history to score a postseason overtime goal during last night's 4-3 win against the Islanders - Kris Letang and Darius Kasparaitis are the others - Brooks Orpik also became the seventh player to win a postseason series for the Penguins with an overtime goal in a deciding game.

The previous six along with Orpik:

Player, Position	Year - Round	Game	Score
Michel Briere, C	1970 Quarterfinal	Game 4	Penguins 3, Seals 2
George Ferguson, RW	1979 Preliminary	Game 3-*	Penguins 4, Sabres 3
Martin Straka, LW	2001 Eastern Conference quarterfinal	Game 6	Penguins 4, Capitals 3
Darius Kasparaitis, D	2001 Eastern Conference semifinal	Game 7	Penguins 3, Sabres 2
Marian Hossa, RW	2008 Eastern Conference semifinal	Game 5	Penguins 3, Rangers 2
Pascal Dupuis, RW	2010 Eastern Conference quarterfinal	Game 6	Penguins 4, Senators 3
Brooks Orpik, D	2013 Eastern Conference quarterfinal	Game 6	Penguins 4, Islanders 3

*-Best-of-three series.

Playoff Stuff
Penguins - Islanders

-Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game. "I'm definitely not a goal-scorer," he said. "That's not what I'm looked [to] for." - Brooks Orpik on his series clinching overtime goal.

-Newsday's recap. "Going through the [handshake] line, hearing what some of their guys said . . . 'You guys are a good team. I don't think a lot of guys around here have heard that in a while." - Islanders forward Colin McDonald.

-The Associated Press' recap. ''We got everything we could have handled. They played great and it was a tough series.'' - Tomas Vokoun.

-Highlights:

-Orpik's goals and hand shakes:

-Mike Lange's goal calls.

-Vokoun snagged this puck:

-Evgeni Malkin > McDonald:

-Pascal Dupuis being popular:

-Ditto Sidney Crosby:

-Paul Martin had to fend off a check here for New York's Josh Bailey:

-Glum times for the Islanders:

-Bobby Orrpik speaks:

-Vokoun speaks:

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Crosby speaks:

-"That's why he's one of the best in the league," Martin said of Malkin. "He's able to hold onto that puck and get guys coming after him." - Paul Martin on Evgeni Malkin setting up his game-tying goal in the third period.

-Chris Kunitz is pretty fortunate to play on either the first or second lines.

-The Penguins have a healthy rivalry with the Senators (and general manager Bryan Murray).

-"They're a good hockey team. They're going to be in more playoffs." - Crosby on the Islanders.

-"Hopefully we're going to understand it's going to take even more to win a series. It's still tough to take it all in right now. It's just disappointing. We wanted to play tomorrow and into June." - Islanders forward John Tavares.

Calder Cup Playoffs

-Jeff Zatkoff made nine for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins who lost to the Providence Bruins, 4-2, on the road in Game 2 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series in the Calder Cup playoffs Saturday. Game 3 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is scheduled for Wednesday, 7:05 p.m.

-After the jump: The Red Wings and Ducks prepare for a Game 7.