Now, the center is surviving through monthly donations from Hope Span, a U.S.-based nonprofit, and Sawo's sheer determination.

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Pittsburgh has allowed just one goal to the Islanders in the last 10 periods played at Consol Energy Center, outscoring the Islanders 14-1 over that span.

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Before this postseason began, he had not scored a goal since March 10, 2010 a span of more than two years in which no one at the Prudential Center heard his name.

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