Schedule and 2012-13 Results
Regular Season Records: Pittsburgh 36-12-0=72pts, New York Islanders 24-17-7=55pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 01 May: New York Islanders lose at Pittsburgh, 5-goals-nil
Game 2 on Friday, 03 May: New York Islanders win at Pittsburgh, 4-goals-3
Game 3 on Sunday, 05 May: Pittsburgh wins at New York Islanders, 5-goals-4 (OT)
Game 4 on Tuesday, 07 May: Pittsburgh loses at New York Islanders, 6-goals-4
Game 5 on Thursday, 09 May: New York Islanders lose at Pittsburgh, 4-goals-nil
Game 6 on Saturday, 11 May: Pittsburgh wins at New York Islanders, 4-goals-3 (OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Pittsburgh Penguins visited and defeated the New York Islanders 4-goals-3 in the first overtime period to achieve a 4-games-2 win of MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1188. With the series 1188 win, the Pittsburgh Penguins improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 27-19 overall and 13-6 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1188 loss, the New York Islanders see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 21-17 overall (with an active seven-series losing streak) and 2-8 in the Preliminary round (with an active six-series losing streak). The win order for the victorious Pittsburgh Penguins in series 1188 was WLWLWW: Series 1188 thus becomes the eighth NHL Preliminary-round series, the 15th NHL series (all rounds), and the 39th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow this win order to completion. Pittsburgh trailed New York by a goal as late as 14:43 into the third period. In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2012, inclusive, road teams down a goal with as much as 14:43 elapsed in the third period had a game record of 48-533 (.083).

After Game 5: The Pittsburgh Penguins hosted and shut out the New York Islanders 4-goals-nil to take a 3-games-2 lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1188. When leading 3-games-2 in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Pittsburgh Penguins have an 8-6 series record and a 7-7 Game 6 record. When trailing 3-games-2 in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the New York Islanders have a 3-6 series record and a 6-3 Game 6 record.

After Game 4: The New York Islanders hosted and defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-goals-4 to tie MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1188 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a 10-8 series record and a 10-8 Game 5 record, while the New York Islanders have a 4-4 series record and a 4-4 Game 5 record (with an active three-Game 5 losing streak).

After Game 3: Scoring the game-winning goal 8:44 into the first overtime period, the Pittsburgh Penguins visited and defeated the New York Islanders 5-goals-4 to take a 2-games-1 lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1188. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Pittsburgh Penguins have an 8-6 series record and a 5-9 Game 4 record. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New York Islanders have a 4-10 series record (with an active four-series losing streak) and a 6-8 Game 4 record (with an active three-Game 4 losing streak). Pittsburgh trailed by two goals in series 1188 Game 3 as late as 13:17 into the first period: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2012, inclusive, road teams down two goals 13:17 into the first period had a game record of 30-206 (.127).

After Game 2: Trailing by two goals as late as 5:11 into the second period, the New York Islanders rallied for a 4-goals-3 win in Pittsburgh over the Penguins to tie MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1188 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a 9-11 series record and an 11-9 Game 3 record (with an active three-Game 3 winning streak), while the New York Islanders have a 7-7 series record (with an active three-series losing streak) and a 5-9 Game 3 record (with an active four-Game 3 losing streak). In the history of best-of-7 format NHL playoff games from 1939 through 2012, inclusive, road teams such as the New York Islanders which trailed by two goals as late as 5:11 into the second period had a game record of only 37-344 (.097).

After Game 1: The Pittsburgh Penguins hosted and defeated the New York Islanders 5-goals-nil to take a 1-game-nil lead in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1188. When leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a series record of 14-7 and a Game 2 record of 14-7. When trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Islanders have a series record of 7-13 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 9-11.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2012-13 NHL regular season, Pittsburgh finished 17 points ahead of the New York Islanders. From 1939 through the 2012 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 17 regular-season points, they have posted a 13-2 (.867) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1188 is the 38th best-of-7 playoff series for the New York Islanders, and the 46th for Pittsburgh. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the New York Islanders have a 21-16 series record (with an active six-series losing streak), a 2-7 Preliminary-round series record (with an active five-series losing streak), and a 17-20 Game 1 record, while Pittsburgh has a 26-19 series record, a 12-6 Preliminary-round series record, and a 21-24 Game 1 record. Series 1188 is the third best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh; the Islanders won the first two (series 295, in the 1975 NHL Quarterfinals; series 635, in the 1993 NHL Quarterfinals).