Brock Nelson scores in OT as Islanders rally to beat Hurricanes 3-2

By ALLAN KREDA

Brock Nelson scored 2:03 into overtime and the New York Islanders rallied to bushed the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 connected Saturday night.

Alexander Romanov and Anders Lee besides scored for the Islanders, who won their season-high 4th consecutive and seventh successful the past nine. Marcus Hogberg stopped 24 shots but injured his manus astatine the extremity of regulation. Ilya Sorokin came connected for overtime and stopped the lone changeable helium faced to prime up the win.

Jack Roslovic and Sebastian Aho scored for Carolina, which had its four-game winning streak snapped. Pyotr Kochetkov had 23 saves.

Roslovic bushed Hogberg for his 18th extremity of the play astatine 5:18 of the opening period, and Aho scored his 16th conscionable 1:12 aboriginal to enactment the Hurricanes up 2-0.

Romanov got the Islanders connected the scoreboard with his archetypal with 2:07 near successful the first, and Lee tied it with his 21st astatine 6:26 of the third.

Tony DeAngelo made his debut for the Islanders 1 time aft signing for the remainder of this season.

Forwards Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall debuted for the Hurricanes aft Friday night’s three-team commercialized with Colorado that sent Martin Necas and Jack Dury to the Avalanche.

TAKEAWAYS

Hurricanes: Carolina dropped to 6-1-2 successful their past 9 games and 8-3-2 since Jan. 1.

Islanders: After losing defenseman Noah Dobson (week to week) to a little assemblage wounded connected Monday, defenseman Ryan Pulock exited this crippled aft being knocked to the crystal successful the opening minute. DeAngelo had 25:10 of crystal clip successful his Islanders debut.

KEY MOMENT

Hogberg stopped Hurricanes defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere with conscionable nether 8 minutes near successful the 3rd to support it a 2-2 game.

KEY STATS

Roslovic has 18 goals successful 50 games, conscionable 4 shy of matching his vocation precocious of 22 successful 81 games for Columbus successful 2021-22.

UP NEXT

Hurricanes sojourn the New York Rangers connected Tuesday, and Islanders big Colorado connected Tuesday.