NEW-LOOK ISLES TAKE SHOOTOUT
Brock Nelson scored in regulation and got the only goal in a five-round shootout to give the Islanders a 3-2 victory over the Flyers in their first game with new additions Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac.
The Islanders made the first significant move ahead of the trade deadline, acquiring forwards Palmieri and Zajac from the Devils in exchange for a 2021 first-round draft pick, a conditional fourth-round pick in 2022 and two prospects. Both players made their Thursday on the Island.
“Obviously in the last 24 hours, there was a lot of emotion,” Palmieri said. “A lot going on, but I got to meet everybody this morning, and everyone was so welcoming. To be a part of a team like that that cares about each other and plays for each other, it was evident the second I walked in the locker room. That’s exciting for any player to be a part of.”
Jordan Eberle scored and Ilya Sorokin stopped 25 shots as the Islanders won their fourth straight. They improved to 17-1-2 at Nassau Coliseum and are the only team in the league with just one regulation loss on home ice.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Jakub Voracek scored for Philadelphia, which has lost three of four.
After a scoreless four rounds in the shootout, Nelson fired a snap shot past the blocker of Hart. Sorokin made impressive stops of Sean Couturier, Nolan Patrick and Travis Konecny in the shootout before denying Joel Farabee to seal the victory.
Voracek knotted the score, 2-2, early in the second period with his seventh of the season. The Czech winger beat Sorokin with a wrist shot on the blocker side.
The Isles grabbed a two-goal lead after scoring twice within 63 seconds midway through the first period. to start on May 23, but first-round matches will now get underway on May 30.