Brock Nelson scores in the 3rd period as the Islanders top the Golden Knights 2-1

By Allan Kreda

Brock Nelson snapped a necktie midway done the 3rd play and Ilya Sorokin made 34 saves, helping the New York Islanders bushed the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 connected Tuesday nighttime for their eighth triumph successful 9 games.

Nelson tipped a changeable by defenseman Alexander Romanov past Ilya Samsonov astatine 10:43. Tony DeAngelo besides assisted connected Nelson’s 16th extremity of the season.

Bo Horvat besides scored for the Islanders, who improved to 11-3-0 since Jan. 5.

Brandon Saad scored for the Golden Knights, who mislaid their 4th straight.

Horvat scored his 19th extremity astatine 18:21 of the first, sliding a backhand past Samsonov.

Saad responded with his eighth of the play astatine 7:40 of the third. It was his archetypal extremity since signing with the Golden Knights connected Jan. 31 aft helium had his declaration terminated by St. Louis.

The Islanders had their seven-game triumph streak extremity erstwhile they mislaid 6-3 astatine Florida connected Sunday.

New York was without apical scorer Mathew Barzal, who was placed connected injured reserve with a lower-body injury.

Samsonov made 12 saves for the Golden Knights.

Takeaways
Golden Knights: Dropped to 12-11-3 connected the roadworthy with a sixth nonaccomplishment successful their past 7 distant games. They are 19-6-3 astatine home.

Islanders: Sorokin improved to 20-14-4. It’s the 4th consecutive play helium has won 20 oregon much games.

Key moment
Sorokin denied Ivan Barbashev from successful adjacent with conscionable implicit 3 minutes left. The 29-year-old Russian goaltender has won six consecutive starts and 7 consecutive appearances.

Key stat
Horvat has 5 goals successful his past 8 games and leads the Islanders with 40 points.

Up next
The Islanders sojourn the Winnipeg Jets connected Friday. The Golden Knights sojourn the New Jersey Devils connected Thursday.