Anders Lee scored twice in the third period but the Islanders were unable to sweep a home-and-home series with a 3-2 loss to the Penguins on Sunday night at PPG Paints Arena. Slow starts in each of the first two periods and a special teams’ disadvantage proved the difference.

Just how bad is the Islanders’ penalty kill right now? Bad enough that even the unluckiest of goals at four-on-five, like Philip Tomasino’s shot that deflected in on Sunday for a goal credited to Evgeni Malkin,

The Islanders’ dogged work for the opening 10 minutes of the second period helped make good on Roy’s promise on Saturday night. They scored three goals during that stretch — those goals the result of won battles, races, and every inch of contested ice — to fuel a 6-3 win over the Penguins at USB Arena in Elmont, N.Y.