Four unanswered goals from Palmieri, Dobson, Engvall, and Holmstrom lead the Isles to another comeback win.
Genuinely, you’ve seen this one before. From the “random guy on the Penguins scores his first NHL goal against us” to “coach’s challenge on goaltender interference” (the Isles actually lost this one) to “epic third period comeback”, it really was a peak New York Islanders game.
Much like the game against Florida, the Isles played a strong first period but couldn’t get anything in the net. But instead of two goals against in the second, they came in the first, but that still ended with the same scenario: down by two going into the third.
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But then just seventeen seconds into the third period, Kyle Palmieri opened up the scoring, with a friendly assist from (Islanders legend) Tristan Jarry’s back. Palmieri hit the post, but then the puck bounced in off Jarry, making it a one goal game.
Just five minutes later, Noah Dobson would score his second in as many games. After a pretty passing play, Bo Horvat’s backhand shot was saved by Jarry, but a diving Dobson in front of the net was able to pick up the loose puck and put it in, tying the game.
Then, Erik Karlsson attempted to play the puck to safety from the neutral zone, but Pierre Engvall beat out Ryan Graves and shot the puck past Jarry to give the Islanders the lead.
The Islanders then killed a penalty shortly after (Ryan Pulock for holding), with Ilya Sorokin making some key saves.
And then, in another repeat from last night, Simon Holmstrom would score his 16th of the season into the empty net, sealing a 4-2 Islanders win on the road.
Suddenly, the Islanders are climbing up on a playoff spot. It’s funny watching this happen constantly in the Eastern Conference. For the past couple of years, it’s like no one really wants to be in the wild card race… except maybe the Islanders. I guess we’ll see what happens, but either way, third period comebacks are fun!
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Next, the Islanders head back to UBS Arena to take on the Montreal Canadiens, one of the teams ahead of them for a wild card spot, with three more points in the same amount of games played. A regulation win would be a big swing for the Isles.