At least for now, the Islanders stopped the bleeding.
Doing so on the same night the organization honored Brent Sutter — inducting him into the team’s Hall of Fame and onto the Ring of Honor at UBS Arena — with one of the season’s better crowds in attendance, gave a little bit extra to an otherwise forgettable 4-1 win over the Sharks on Saturday.
There was also Marcus Hogberg in net, continuing to look like a steady option with 18 saves after coach Patrick Roy opted for the Swede over Ilya Sorokin. The Islanders, who had looked so flat throughout the first two games of this homestand, played with a renewed effort and intensity.
But Nelson’s came just 40 seconds after that, in what has been a rare instance this season: the Islanders bailing out their goaltender, instead of asking their goaltender to bail them out. The Islanders did not let up in the third, with Ryan Pulock adding a fourth goal just 1:03 into the period on a right-point blast that beat Georgiev clean.
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