SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Islanders battled, however couldn’t come away with two factors on this one.
Logan Couture was the one scorer within the shootout and James Reimer made 44 saves because the San Jose Sharks snapped a seven-game shedding streak with a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night time.
The Islanders’ loss spoiled a record-setting night time for Zdeno Chara, who performed in his 1,652nd profession sport, breaking the NHL report for video games performed by a defenseman that was held by Chris Chelios.
“I want to begin by thanking Chris Chelios,” Chara mentioned. “He set such a excessive commonplace for many people. … I’m very fortunate that I get to nonetheless play this sport.”
The Islanders had one other milestone of their loss. Parise’s purpose was the four-hundredth of his profession.
“You replicate on some nice gamers you performed with, and I performed with some nice linemates,” Parise mentioned.
As for Couture, he additionally scored in regulation as San Jose let two leads slip away in regulation however managed to win for the primary time since Jan. 26. Alexander Barabanov and rookie Jasper Weatherby additionally scored for the Sharks.
“That is the primary time I’ve heard music after the sport (within the dressing room) in seven video games and I couldn’t be happier,” Sharks defenseman Jacob Middleton mentioned. “I’m seeking to get again in there.”
Reimer denied Anthony Beauvillier, Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson within the shootout. Couture was San Jose’s first shooter and beat Ilya Sorokin, who made 25 saves for the Islanders.
Nelson, Adam Pelech and Parise scored for the Islanders, which generated sufficient scoring possibilities to win however couldn’t convert usually sufficient towards Reimer.
“There’s not too many issues I can say,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz mentioned. “It could have been our greatest sport of the 12 months and we didn’t get the 2 factors, however we deserved the 2 factors.”
Couture gave San Jose a 3-2 lead together with his 18th purpose late within the second interval, however that lead lasted simply 19 seconds. The Sharks turned the puck over within the impartial zone and Pelech scored the tying purpose on a slap shot that ricocheted off Reimer to make it 3-3.
Nelson gave the Islanders 1-0 lead within the first when he redirected a shot from Scott Mayfield previous Reimer with about 5 minutes remaining within the interval.
The Sharks answered when Barabanov scored a power-play purpose and Weatherby added a rating in a two-minute span for a 2-1 lead after one interval.
The Islanders evened the rating with about seven minutes left within the second on a purpose by Parise, arrange by a pleasant cross from behind the online by Sebastian Aho.
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