Islanders doomed by penalties early in 5-2 loss to Hurricanes in Game 4. New York now trails in the series 3-1. Isles
Defenseman Adam Pelech and forward Bo Horvat scored for the Islanders, who trailed 4-0 early in the third period. Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves , but he had little help on the goals.
New York, which gave its fans hope with a 5-1 win here on Friday night, showed very little and took a couple of bad penalties. Despite frantic game-long chants of"Let's Go Islanders" they struggled as they were booed off the ice trailing 3-0 after two periods.Carolina got an early two-man advantage and didn't waste it as Jarvis scored 4:05 after the opening faceoff. Brett Burns got his fifth assist of the series, taking a shot from the inside of the right circle.
A roughing penalty against Matt Martin put Carolina on the power play to start the second period and Necas scored from in close. Aho's record-setting goal came on a 2-on-1 break with MacEachern, who was recalled from the minors after Teuvo Tervainen broke his hand in Game 2. Pelech scored a couple of minutes after Jarvis got his second and Horvat tallied late on a breakaway.: Islanders fans belted out most of the national anthem. Singer Jonathan Wibben started them off and let them take over until the end. ... Canes D Jaccob Slavin played in his 46th playoff game with Carolina, eighth most in franchise history. ... The loss at home was the Islanders fourth in their past 11 home playoff games. ...
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