Trailing by three, the Islanders stormed back. Barzal netted the overtime winner, capping a stunning comeback victory.
The New York Islanders erased a 3-0 deficit before Mathew Barzal scored the 4-3 overtime winner to defeat the St. Louis Blues in Brayden Schenn's return.
The former St. Louis captain earned the primary assist on the Barzal winner for his point with the Islanders:
Goaltender Ilya Sorokin, who was almost pulled in this game -- will get to that in a minute -- turned aside 20 of 23 for the win, including the last 11 shots he faced.
The Islanders conclude their four-game road trip 2-2-0 after winning their last two games. It was a monumental comeback as the Buffalo Sabres won yet again, while the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a point.
Here's how the game unfolded.
The Blues scored the first three goals of the game, the second and third goals coming 1:27 apart. They did score a fourth goal, but the Islanders won their offside challenge.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau was able to stop the bleeding at 17:50 of the second period with his rebound goal to make it a 3-1 game before the second period came to a close, despite outshooting their opponents 29-14.
The Islanders then scored twice on a double-minor power play early in the third period.
First, it was Calum Ritchie, the one who took the high stick by Pavel Buchnevich at 5:52 of the third period. He was the last to touch the puck before Joe Finley poked the rubber into his own net:
Then, a tic-tac-toe play saw Bo Horvat score his 28th goal of the season at 6:52 of the third to tie the game at 3-3:
UP NEXT: The Islanders welcome the Los Angeles Kings to town on Friday night before hosting the Calgary Flames on Saturday.