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Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Kyle Okposo scored the game winner in the shootout to lift the New York Islanders to a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in a thrilling back-and-forth affair. After each of the first two shooters missed, Sidney Crosby cut across the slot from the left side, made a head fake and roofed a backhander over Chad Johnson, but Frans Nielsen answered back on a similar move for the Islanders. Okposo followed a Brandon Sutter miss with a backhand-forehand move past Marc- Andre Fleury to seal the win. Ryan Strome had a goal and two assists, while Nick Leddy, Matt Martin and Nikolay Kulemin also scored for the Isles, who have won seven of their last eight games and crept within two points of first-place Pittsburgh in the Metropolitan Division. We were resilient, Islanders head coach Jack Capuano said. We came back and had some good chances. We stayed at it. Johnson stopped 26-of-30 shots in the victory. Nick Spaling, Blake Comeau, and Sutter lit the lamp, Patric Hornqvist tallied a goal and an assist and Evgeni Malkin supplied two helpers for the Penguins, who entered the game with wins in 10 of their last 11 games. We just didnt play a full 60 minutes, Crosby said. We didnt really deserve to win the game. Fleury made 31 saves in defeat. The Penguins wasted no time getting on the board. Sutter tipped in Paul Martins shot from the point only 1:13 into the game. New York recovered and eventually went ahead by a 3-1 count with three goals in a 1:35 span during the first period. Martin tied the game after his quick low shot from the left circle beat Fleury at 8:18. Kulemin raced up the right side, cut across the slot and snapped a shot into the net 29 seconds later and Strome redirected Thomas Hickeys shot from the blue line for a 3-1 lead with 10:07 remaining in the opening stanza. Comeau drove around the back of the net and flicked a backhander off a defender in front past Johnson for a 3-2 with 3:26 to play in the first. The Islanders increased their lead to 4-2 nearly six minutes into the middle frame after Leddy beat Fleury with a high wrister from the left circle. Spaling wristed home a rebound three minutes later to keep it a one-goal game. Malkin skated down the right side, pulled up at the circle and dished a pass to Hornqvist, whose wrister from the slot made it a 4-4 game with seven minutes remaining. Nearly two minutes into the extra session, Hornqvists shot missed the net and caromed off the boards. Letang corralled the puck and sent to the goal, but Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk kept it out with a stick save at the goal line. Game Notes Islanders defenseman Calvin de Haan left the game late in the third after awkwardly crashing into the boards ... New York improved to 7-0-0 this season when leading after two periods ... 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Liriano struck out a season-high 11 in seven innings to win consecutive starts for the first time this season and Pittsburgh beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Tuesday night. ATLANTA -- Jeff Locke attempted to shrug off an ugly loss as "just another game that didnt go your way." With the Pirates in a tight division race, however, it was much more. Locke gave up six runs in only four innings and the Pirates missed a chance to move up in the NL Central race, falling to the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Wednesday night. It marked the second time in five September starts Locke (7-6) failed to last longer than four innings. He allowed 13 baserunners -- eight hits and five walks -- in the short start. Locke said he struggled "pretty much the whole game, really." Manager Clint Hurdle said Lockes pitches were "up in the zone" and he lacked consistency with his fastball and secondary pitches. "So it was tough for him out there," Hurdle said. The Pirates, who clinched a playoff spot on Tuesday night, stayed 1 1/2 games behind division-leading St. Louis, which was beaten by the Cubs. Pittsburgh lost for only the fourth time in its last 19 games. Hurdle wouldnt say if the start could affect Lockes role in the playoffs. "You know what, were not even there," Hurdle said. "Well have those conversations when we need to. Thats not a question Im going to answer tonight. When we sit down, well look at the volume of work and well look at matchups." Andrew McCutchen had two hits, including a two-run homer in the fifth inning after Atlanta led 6-0. The Pirates had two baserunners in the ninth before Braves closer Craig Kimbrel struck out McCutchen and Travis Snider for his 45th save. "We still battled," McCutchen said. "We still fought at the end." Pittsburgh catcher Russell Martin left the game in the fifth inning with tightness in his left hamstring. "I didnt tweak it; its just tight," Martin said, adding it was "a smart and cautious decision" to leave the game and guard against a more serious hamstring injury. Justin Upton hit a two-run homer and pitcher Julio Teheran and Emilio Bonifacio each had two-run singles as Atlanta ended a five-game losing streak. Teheran (14-13) allowed six hits and two runs in five innings. The Braves improved their dismal September record to 5-16. Their six runs matched their combined output in the five straight losses. Pittsburgh lost a day after its clubhouse ccelebration at Turner Field, where champagne and beer flowed freely.dddddddddddd The Pirates wrapped up their post-season berth exactly one year after clinching a place in the 2013 playoffs to end a 21-year drought. McCutchen drove in Starling Marte, who had two hits, with his 25th homer. Christian Bethancourt hit two ground-rule doubles for Atlanta. UP, UP AND AWAY Upton set a career high with his 28th homer. He has 99 RBIs, also a career high, and has been a highlight of a bad season for Atlanta hitters. GOOD FRIENDS Locke and Atlantas Jason Heyward lived together when the two were beginning their professional careers at Danville in the Braves farm system. Locke said he and Heyward remain good friends and talk or text regularly. Heyward had no hits in three at-bats against Locke. ADDITION The Pirates claimed right-hander Chaz Roe off waivers from the New York Yankees. Roe had been designated for assignment by the Yankees on Sunday. The 27-year-old Roe began the season with the Marlins before being acquired by the Yankees on August 31. He made three appearances with New York this season, and also posted 14 saves in 47 games (64.0ip) at Triple-A New Orleans. Roe will take the roster spot of right-handed pitcher Charlie Morton, who was placed on the 60-day D.L. with right hip inflammation. TRAINERS ROOM Pirates: Martin singled in the second inning and seemed to hurt himself when he returned to first base on a pickoff throw. He remained on one knee for several seconds before rising slowly and said after the game "it looked funny" because his foot slipped off the bag. Braves: 3B Chris Johnson had two hits and scored two runs before he left the game in the sixth with a lower back strain. ... C Evan Gattis is expected to make his first start since Sept. 7 on Thursday night but likely wont play the full game. He has been held out with strep throat and a kidney stone. UP NEXT Pirates: Edinson Volquez (12-7) will start on Thursday night in the final game of the four-game series. He hasnt faced the Braves this season and is 2-3 against Atlanta in six career starts. Braves: RHP David Hale, replacing Mike Minor in the rotation, will make his first start since June 28 in the Braves final home game of the season. Hale (4-4) has pitched in relief in 39 of his 44 games. ' ' '