The New York Islanders failed to build on their Saturday win as the New Jersey Devils dominated the second period en route to a 6-5 win.
NEWARK, -- The New York Islanders failed to build on their Saturday win as the New Jersey Devils dominated the second period en route to a 6-5 win.
LINES:
Anders Lee-Bo Horvat-Mathew Barzal
Pierre Engvall-Brock Nelson-William Dufour
Ruslan Iskhakov-Karson Kuhlman-Oliver Wahlstrom
Matt Martin-Casey Cizikas-Julien Gauthier
Calle Odelius-Ryan Pulock
Alex Romanov-Grant Hutton
Sebastian Aho-Scott Mayfield
Ilya Sorokin
Ken Appleby
Rapid Recap:
Mathew Barzal, on the breakaway, scored glove side to give the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 3:44 of the first period.
Brock Nelson extended the Islanders' lead to 2-0 as he tapped in a strong Pierre Engvall feed from the low slot at 8:16 of the first.
A John Marino point shot through a screen cut the Devils' deficit to 2-1 at 10:02 of the first.
Jesper Bratt tied the game at two on the power play at 2:14 of the second period.
Bratt's second of the game gave the Devils a 3-2 lead at 3:54 of the second, coming on an odd-man rush.
Pierre Engvall tied the game at two after one-timing a loose puck five-hole at 6:03 of the second.
Marino scored his second at 10:40 of the second to give the Devils a 4-3 lead.
Jack Hughes, on the power play, extended the Devils lead to 5-3 at 12:21 of the second via a one-timer.
Eleven seconds into the third, Bo Horvat found Barzal at the back post to cut the Islanders' deficit to 5-4.
Bratt scored his third of the game at 4:18 of the third to give the Devils a 6-4 lead.
Anders Lee deflected a Sebastian Aho point shot to make it 5-4 at 16:25 of the third.
Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin made 13 saves. Ken Appleby made four saves. Devils goalie Akira Schmid made 10 saves.
Notes: Forward Kyle Palmieri (day-to-day) continues to skate on his own. Defenseman Calle Odelius (2022, 2nd rd) skated in his first NHL game.
Islanders PP Units (0/2)
PP1: Wahlstrom-Horvat-Barzal-Nelson-Aho
PP2: Lee-Iskhakov-Engvall-Dufour-Pulock
Islanders PK Units (1/1)
PK1: Cizikas-Martin-Romanov-Mayfield
PK2: Kuhlman-Gauthier-Aho-Pulock
NEXT: The Islanders head to Philadelphia to battle the Flyers on Thursday. Puck drop is slated for 7 PM ET.