1993 NHL Playoffs Islanders vs Penguins - Game Six 5/12/93

Highlights of game six of the historical Patrick division final series between the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. The Isles win another exciting one on home ice to tie the best-of-seven series at 3 apiece, setting up one of the best Game Sevens ever in Pittsburgh. May 12, 1993

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Sports

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• Islanders
• Penguins
• Lemieux
• Turgeon
• Healey
• Jagr
• Arbour
• Bowman
• Kasparitus

[goisles]

Oh, Kaspar, sometimes I miss ya.

[ejk22]

Just watch this video closely. Every chance the Islanders defense had to bury one of the talented scoring forwards Pitt had they did. They were so physical against the Pens in this series.

[stormcrow7878]

That Muller trade killed the Isles for the next few years. I love the NYR vs NYI rivalry. It is the only TRUE NY vs NY rivalry. If you are a NYR fan who lives on the Island...go to Isles games. Vote YES on the new building. The Isles of the '80s were one of the great sports dynasties ever. Let's keep that history there. (Oh and from my previous post...I am aware that Flatley was not young at the time.)

[stormcrow7878]

I'm a Rangers fan and I certainly wouldn't call that '93 Isles team a scrub team. King-Turgeon-Thomas, Flatley-Ferraro-Houge, McCinnis-Green-Dalgarno, they had some great young fowards, a good mix on D (A young Kaspar was a beast) the only overachiever was Healy in goal. They had a bright future that Dale Hunter ruined. Pierre was never the same player after that hit. He was tentative, and avoided the front of the net, and contact. Then they made the awful Kirk Muller trade.

[islesalldaynhl]

I hope the isles can bring this kind of excitement back

[lencus1969]

@jckoby

I don't know if you're a Rags or a Shittsburgh fan, but how could you call that team a "scrub" team? The Isles made the Pens their bitches by the end of that series. Making the Conference finals is nothing to sneeze at especially without your leading scorer.

[dzanier]

This Islander team overachieved, & fooled management into thinking they were a contender. Don Maloney was the GM at this time. In Oct. 1991 they traded Sutter to the Hawks for Thomas & Adam Creighton, & they traded LaFontaine to the Sabres for Turgeon, Hogue & Krupp. Sutter & LaFontaine were about the only players of great value & they wanted to be traded. It's hard to imagine another GM other than Bill Torrey getting more for those two top-flight players. They got younger, cheaper & better.

[dzanier]

The second Islander goal in this game, the one by Derek King, was a terrible goal. King deserves credit for attempting the shot and using a Penguins player as a screen, but there's no way that puck should go in. Barasso had a nice career, but I wouldn't take him over many contemporaries of of his era, like Mike Richter, Andy Moog, Curtis Joseph, Grant Fuhr, Dominic Hasek, Mike Vernon, Kelly Hrudey, John Vanbiesbrouk, Patrick Roy and others. To me he was good, but not great.

[morozov924]

I watched most of the series here on Youtube and everytime Barasso needs to make a big save, he doesn't make it. Not once.

[ckendall67]

@ericthegoalie31 You are correct Eric; the Penguins never really took the Islanders seriously in this series, of course, I don't think a whole lot of people expected the Islanders to give the Penguins a major scare when it began. Then came Game 7, & we know what happened. To this day, it still remembered by many as one of the most shocking upsets ever. Also goes to show that you should NEVER underestimate your opponents in the playoffs...ever:-)

[ericthegoalie31]

The Penguins completely underestimated the ISLANDERS in this series, and add to that the fact that Pierre Turgeon (NYI leader scorer) was out until game 7 only caused the Penguins overconfidence to grow. And even when the ISLANDERS won games and showed that they had no intention of going quietly, the Penguins still gave them no respect. I imagine the thinking in the Pittsburgh locker room was ' we are the defending champions, we can beat anyone, any day, any time'. David Volek forever!

[jckoby]

Talk about a scrub team...the Islanders!! Should have lost to the Penguins in 93 bjut Montreal took care of them. In 94, did the Islanders even show up against the Rangers? A sweep is one thing but to be outscored in the first 2 games by a total of 12-0, the Islanders should have just gone home and never showed their faces again.