Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders took down the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Tuesday night. Kyle Palmieri and Ryan Pulock also scored, and Ilya Sorokin finished with 27 saves for New York in its final game before the NHL trade deadline and a three-game west-coast road trip.
Ilya Sorokin scores goalie goal, Brock Nelson scored twice as Isles win second straight The New York Islanders were in the driver’s seat on Saturday afternoon en route to a 7-4 victory over the Nashville Predators at UBS Arena.
The Islanders finally have moved out of last in the NHL on the power play, ranking 31st (just ahead of the Ducks) at 19-for-148 (12.8%). “It’s given us confidence,” Horvat said. “It wasn’t anything pretty, it was just us moving the puck around quickly and getting pucks toward the net, and they went in for us.”
Sorokin stopped 23 shots. He made a save right before Steven Stamkos’ errant pass went into Nashville’s empty net with 12 seconds left.
After yet another disheartening loss and four days until the trade deadline, here's the latest we're hearing on the Islanders' plans.
When you think of icons in the New York Islanders’ history, the usual names from the dynasty come up. Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Billy Smith, Al Arbour, and Bill Torrey come to mind, and they are just some of the many names that made up the great run.
The New York Islanders (28-27-7) defeated the Winnipeg Jets (42-16-4) 3-2 on Tuesday night in UBS Arena. It couldn’t have been more poetic if it is indeed the send-off game for Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri.
If this final game before the trade deadline doubled as the final game in Islanders colors for Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri, then at least it was a good one. Both players scored as the Islanders notched a rare win on the second end of a back-to-back,
Ilya Sorokin stopped 38 shots and Alexander Romanov and Kyle ... Palmieri’s goal, his 18th, saw him pounce on a juicy rebound after Brock Nelson fired the initial shot on Swayman. Bruins: After back-to-back overtime losses, the short-handed Bruins ...
New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin was credited with his first career goal when Nashville Predators forward Steven Stamkos sent a pass into his own net in the final seconds of New York's 7-4 victory on Saturday. Brock Nelson had two goals and an ...