Playoffs: Who Wins: Penguins or Islanders

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Sidney Crosby's broken jaw can take its time healing.

The way his teammates are playing, there is no need for the Pittsburgh Penguins star to rush back.

Pascal Dupuis scored twice, Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves, and the top-seeded Penguins opened the playoffs with a 5-0 romp over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night.

''It's one win,'' Dupuis said. ''We definitely feel good about it but we've just got to put this one behind us and get ready to work for the next one. They'll definitely look at tape and come out harder, that's for sure.''

The Islanders will have to if they have any hope of making the series competitive. Making its first playoff appearance since 2007, New York fell behind less than 5 minutes in and never recovered.

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UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Penguins bounced back from their home disappointment and dished out their fair share to the suddenly shocked New York Islanders.

All it took was Sidney Crosby and a very powerful power play to do the trick.

Chris Kunitz scored his second man-advantage goal of the game 8:44 into overtime, off the third assist of the day by Crosby, and the Penguins rode a slew of ups and downs Sunday en route to a 5-4 victory over the Islanders that gave top-seeded Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.

The Islanders came in still enjoying the positive effects of their 4-3 comeback win on Friday in Pittsburgh that gave them a surprising split of the first two games of the Eastern Conference series.

The Penguins will try to take a commanding 3-1 lead Tuesday on Long Island.

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