It’s been a long time since the Islanders had a win as good as the 4-3 victory over the Hurricanes they earned at UBS Arena.
It’s been a long time since the Islanders played a period as good as the middle 20 minutes on Saturday.
It was, in particular, the Islanders’ response to Andrei Svechnikov’s second power-play goal of the night — which gave Carolina a 2-1 lead after Anders Lee was mistakenly called for a high stick on Martin Necas — that the team can hang its hat on.Islanders deliver worst performance of season in ugly blowout loss to KrakenOliver Wahlstrom re-tied the score just 47 seconds later, beating Pyotr Kochetkov after Casey Cizikas won the puck back off the forecheck.They owned the puck. They won battles.
The Hurricanes did indeed come with a push in the third and it was in no small measure down to Ilya Sorokin, who was pulled from Thursday’s match, to keep the lead intact.Oliver Wahlstrom celebrates with Kyle MacLean after scoring a second period goal in the Islanders’ win over the Hurricanes.This was not going to turn into a rerun of multiple playoff games against the Hurricanes over the past two years.
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