ST. LOUIS — Anders Lee and Brock Nelson every had a purpose and an help, sending the surging New York Islanders to a 5-2 victory Thursday evening over the reeling St. Louis Blues.
The Islanders have gained 5 consecutive video games whereas the Blues have misplaced six straight in regulation for the primary time since February 2018.
“The temper is up. The blokes are feeling good about themselves,” New York defenseman Noah Dobson mentioned. “I believe our staff goes nicely. We now have 4 traces rolling. We maintain coming at you. We’re in an excellent stretch proper now. We’ve obtained to maintain it going.”
The Blues, who opened the season with three wins, have been outscored 30-11 throughout their downturn.
“You'll be able to’t get sucked into data. That’s an excellent staff on the opposite aspect,” mentioned Nelson, whose two factors gave him 400 for his profession. “There’s a variety of expertise there. They’re a harmful staff. It is probably not going as nicely proper now as they’d hope for. It is a robust place to play and so they’re a tricky staff.”
Kyle Palmieri and Josh Bailey additionally scored for the Islanders. Jean-Gabriel Pageau added an empty-net purpose.
Vladimir Tarasenko had a purpose and an help for the Blues. Robert Thomas additionally scored.
“(I’m) in shock proper now,” Thomas mentioned. “What’s the temper? It’s robust. Everybody’s down, everybody’s upset in ourselves.”
Ilya Sorokin (5-3-0) has began in 5 of the Islanders’ seven wins. He stopped 32 pictures.
Jordan Binnington (3-4-0) has began seven of the Blues’ 9 video games, together with all three of their wins. He confronted 29 pictures, permitting 4 objectives.
The Islanders scored 4 straight objectives within the second interval for a 4-1 lead.
New York tied it 1-all simply 14 seconds into the interval. Parked in entrance of the online, Palmieri tipped in a shot from Dobson.
“I assumed we weathered the storm fairly nicely,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert mentioned concerning the first interval. “We had an actual good begin to the second interval. I did like our resolve.”
The Islanders went forward on a power-play purpose by Nelson on the 5:06 mark.
“It was an awesome bury by Nelson,” Lee mentioned. “It was large.”
Bailey then poked within the puck from the aspect of the online at 7:05. A turnover by Thomas at heart ice changed into a 2-on-1 Islanders rush. Binnington made the preliminary save however the puck laid by the publish and Bailey knocked it in.
Lee made it 4-1 at 10:18.
The Blues have been outscored 18-6 within the second interval this season.
A purpose by Nick Leddy at 15:19 after a wild scrum in entrance was disallowed by officers as a consequence of goaltender interference.
St. Louis minimize it to 4-2 on a power-play purpose by Thomas at 8:40 of the third.
Pageau’s empty-netter got here at 18:28.
Tarasenko scored from a tricky angle at 8:17 of the primary interval. Torey Krug shot the puck off the tip boards to Tarasenko, who fired it into the higher a part of the online. Tarasenko has 17 factors (10 objectives, seven assists) in 16 video games in opposition to the Islanders.
“I assumed we competed laborious tonight,” Blues coach Craig Berube mentioned. “There was a variety of good issues. Yeah, the objectives, they’re not coming. They’re not there. Probabilities. However I get it. We’re not producing very a lot.”
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