FIRE ISLAND!
OTTAWA, Ontario — Anders Lee and Jordan Eberle scored, Nick Leddy had two assists and the New York Islanders beat Ottawa 2-1 on Saturday, handing the Senators their sixth loss in a row.
Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves for the Islanders. They have won three straight and six of seven.
“It’s a big win and it would have been nicer with a shutout, but at this point I’ll take any win,” Halak said. “I think we worked hard but there were too many penalties on both sides so it took away any momentum.”
Matt Duchene scored his first goal in his eighth game with Ottawa, and Craig Anderson made 22 saves.
The Islanders thought they had built a 2-0 lead in the third, but a delayed penalty call to Eberle for goaltender interference negated the goal.
The Senators were unsuccessful on the ensuing power play, just as they were with the previous four opportunities in the game.
The Islanders eventually did get that 2-0 cushion when Eberle made good on his miscue at 14:10 and deposited a backhand behind Anderson, who was moving in the other direction after making the initial save.
Duchene scored a power-play goal at 15:39 to pull the Senators to within one. beat Jimmy Howard for the game-winner, his 11th goal of the season.
“We’re a resilient group, and we were able to gather ourselves up after we gave up the two goals,” New Jersey’s Travis Zajac said. “We got it together in the last 5 minutes of regulation, and by overtime, we were playing our game again.”
David Booth scored twice for the Red Wings and Anthony Mantha started Detroit’s third-period rally with his 11th goal of the season. Brian Boyle and Taylor Hall scored in the first period for New Jersey, and Nico Hischier added a goal in the third.
New Jersey moved past Columbus into first place in the Metropolitan Division. The Devils have points in four straight games and eight of nine.
Booth opened the scoring 34 seconds into the game, deflecting a shot from the point past Keith Kinkaid for his first goal of the season. —AP