Josh Bailey scored a go-ahead goal in his 1,000th NHL game as the New York Islanders beat the host Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 on Friday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Brock Nelson posted two third-period goals, while Oliver Wahlstrom and Matt Martin scored earlier for the Islanders, who’ve won back-to-back games. Zach Parise had a short-handed empty-net goal.
Mathew Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier each posted two assists and goalie Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves just two nights after a shutout of the New York Rangers.
The Islanders had three successful penalty kills. They’ve now gone an NHL-record eight straight games to start the season without allowing a power-play goal.
Martin Necas and Brent Burns scored for the Hurricanes, who hadn’t played a home game in more than two weeks. Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen stopped 26 shots.
The Islanders notched the first goal 16:29 into the game when Barzal led a breakout and passed back to Wahlstrom, who buried a shot from the right side.
Necas tied it in the second period, sending a pass to Brady Skjei and then taking the return delivery and sending the puck past Sorokin.
Martin gave the Islanders a lead off a Carolina turnover only to have Burns knot the game just 66 seconds later. It was the veteran defenseman’s first goal as a Hurricane.
Then Bailey scored less than a minute later, making a total of three goals in a 1-minute, 57-second span.
The Hurricanes were in position to extend the scoring spree by going on a 5-on-3 power play before the period ended. When Islanders center Jean-Gabriel Pageau was stuck on the ice for an extended shift without his stick, it seemed to add to the chances that New York would allow a power-play goal for the first time. The Islanders still killed off Carolina’s chance.
Nelson recorded his first goal of the season 3:59 into the third period and his second came just more than seven minutes later.
Bailey, a right winger, became the third player in Islanders history to reach the 1,000-game mark with the club.
The Hurricanes had three nights off after a 3-1-1 road trip against Western Conference opponents.
–Field Level Media