Islanders one away from series sweep

The New York Islanders are one win away from a sweep of their first round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

That is a result of a 4-1 shellacking of the Pens on their home ice Sunday afternoon.

“This group, we’ve talked about just worrying about one game,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “You just want to compete so you can continue to play. This group is not afraid of work. They’re not afraid of competition. They’re not afraid of a whole lot. They just go out and do their job. Everybody does their job.”

Robin Lehner made 25 saves to get the win and a 3-0 series lead for the Isles.

Garrett Wilson broke the ice in the game when he staked the Pens to a 1-0 lead but that was the extent of the Pittsburgh offense on Sunday.

“You’ve got to find ways to score goals this time of year,” Sidney Crosby said. “It’s not easy, but you have to find a way to do it. Obviously, we haven’t done a good enough job of that these first three games.”

Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson struck with two goals just 1:02 apart after falling behind.

“Another good response by us,” Nelson said. “There’s been lots of talking from the coaching staff and the players of just sticking with it, staying even. Not getting too high or too low, especially now. In the playoffs, there’s a lot of emotion and high intensity. So great job by us and good job in the second and third period of keeping it going.”

Leo Komarov increased the lead to 3-1 midway through the third period.

“I thought we played a good game. Again, everyone was on board. We stuck to our structure,” Lehner said. “We played really hard. … They’re going to have their spurts in the game where they come hard and they’re going to create. We’re just doing a really good job right now of staying tight and helping each other out with rebounds and loose pucks.”

Anders Lee added an empty-net goal to seal it.

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Matt Murray made 32 saves in the loss.

“In the first period, we get a big goal at the end of our power play,” Pens head coach Mike Sullivan said. “They were able to come back and answer it in a fairly short time frame. It seems like, in each game at this point, that’s occurred. We have to do a better job of hanging onto the momentum when we get it.”