The aftermath of a Colin McDonald goal that brought the New York Islanders' deficit down to 3-2 did not, at first, seem too worrisome for the Pittsburgh Penguins. After all, they drew themselves a power play at 6:50 of the second period, less than two minutes after McDonald struck.
But during that power play, Sidney Crosby took two hits from New York penalty killers, including defenseman Brian Strait at the 8:11 mark of the stanza.
Exactly five seconds after that, Pittsburgh's Jarome Iginla was cited for boarding Strait, an act doubtlessly committed out of frustration at the site of the recently injured and healed Crosby being bumped along the boards.
Iginla's indiscretion wiped out the last 34 seconds of that power play and afforded the Islanders a subsequent 86-second man advantage.
As it happened, while the Isles did not convert, they did have enough of a rhythm to nab the 3-3 equalizer 21 seconds after Iginla's release.
In spite of what Crosby has been through of late, he was initially on a path to the most delectable form of redemption by pacing the Pens on a victorious path. But Iginla's emotions may have contributed to the spillage of the winning formula Crosby had stirred one period prior.
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