OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Bo Horvat had a aim and two assists, and the New York Islanders beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday evening. Anders Lee had a aim and an help for New York, which received for the third time in 4 video games.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Bo Horvat had a aim and two assists, and the New York Islanders beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Thursday evening.
Anders Lee had a aim and an help for New York, which received for the third time in 4 video games. Oliver Wahlstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau additionally scored, and Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves.
Nick Jensen and Drake Batherson scored for Ottawa within the third interval. Tim Stutzle had two assists.
Senators goaltender Anton Forsberg made 21 stops.
Wahlstrom’s first aim of the season lifted New York to a 3-0 lead 2:41 into the third. However Jensen scored his first of the 12 months at 7:43 and Batherson made it 3-2 along with his sixth with 5:33 remaining.
However Horvat put it away with an empty-netter with 10 seconds to go.
Ottawa had a scary second on an influence play halfway by means of the primary interval when Josh Norris’ shot deflected off Ryan Pulock and caught Stutzle onerous within the brow.
Stutzle returned to start out the second interval and performed the rest of the sport.
Takeaways
Islanders: The road of Lee, Horvat and Pageau was terrific.
Senators: Defenseman Artem Zub returned after lacking 9 video games with a concussion. He was on the highest pairing with Jake Sanderson.
Key second
With 1:38 remaining within the second interval, Pageau beat Sanderson in a battle for the puck and broke in alone to beat Forsberg excessive on the stick facet.
Key stat
Brady Tkachuk leads the Senators with seven targets, however his five-game level streak got here to an finish.
Up subsequent
The Islanders host New Jersey on Saturday, and the Senators go to Boston to open a two-game journey.
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