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Ryan Strome had a goal and two assists, while Nick Leddy, Matt Martin and Nikolay Kulemin also scored for the Isles, who have won seven of their last eight games and crept within two points of first-place Pittsburgh in the Metropolitan Division. We were resilient, Islanders head coach Jack Capuano said. We came back and had some good chances. We stayed at it. Johnson stopped 26-of-30 shots in the victory. Nick Spaling, Blake Comeau, and Sutter lit the lamp, Patric Hornqvist tallied a goal and an assist and Evgeni Malkin supplied two helpers for the Penguins, who entered the game with wins in 10 of their last 11 games. We just didnt play a full 60 minutes, Crosby said. We didnt really deserve to win the game. Fleury made 31 saves in defeat. The Penguins wasted no time getting on the board. Sutter tipped in Paul Martins shot from the point only 1:13 into the game. 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