Islanders beat Devils 3-2 in SO for 9th straight win

<p>NEWARK, N.J. &mdash; Anthony Beauvillier and Oliver Wahlstrom scored on the Islanders’ final two shootout attempts and New York won its ninth straight game, beating the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Sunday.</p>
<p>The Devils thought they had won the game 27 seconds into overtime on a goal by P.K. Subban, but a lengthy review showed Jesper Bratt was offside.</p>
<p>Beauvillier beat Scott Wedgewood on the Islanders’ third attempt to extend the shootout and Wahlstrom extended New Jersey’s winless run at home to 0-10-1. </p>
<p>Kieffer Bellows and Brock Nelson scored in the first period for the Islanders, who pushed their point streak to 11-0-1. Rookie Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves, allowing only Nikita Gusev to score in the shootout.</p>
<p>Janne Kuokkanen and Yegor Sharangovich scored for New Jersey, while Wedgewood made 32 saves, including an in-close stop on Casey Cizikas in overtime.</p>
<p>Sharangovich tied the score 2-all with less than four minutes left in the second period on a shot from between the circles following an Islanders turnovers.</p>
<p>Nelson had given New York a 2-1 lead with :01 left in the first period with a shot from the boards that found it way through four players into the net.</p>
<p>Bellows, who scored the game-tying and winning goals in a 3-2 win on Saturday, opened the scoring at 4:18 when a shot by late addition Sebastian Aho went off his arm past Wedgewood.</p>
<p>Less than a minute later, Kuokkanen tied it, putting the rebound of Damon Severson’s shot into the net. It gave the Finnish rookie goals in four straight games, and five for the season.</p>
<p>ISLANDERS LINEUP </p>
<p>The start of the game was delayed because of a lineup problem. Noah Dobson was supposed to play, but was a late scratch after being added to the COVID-19 protocol list. Aho got dressed and quickly picked up an assist in his first game of the season. Earlier, Jean-Gabriel Pageau was placed on the CIVID-19 list. Austin Czarnik centered a line with Leo Komarov and Wahlstrom. </p>
<p>NOTES: … Devils F Kyle Palmieri picked up his 350th NHL point with assist Kuokkanen goal. … Furman South joined Pierre Lambert in refereeing the game. Justin St. Pierre worked with Lambert on Saturday but had to leave after the first period with an upper body injury. … Islanders captain Anders Lee (lower-body)was placed on long-term injured reserve earlier in the day. Devils counterpart Nico Hischier (upper body) was also out. </p>
<p>UP NEXT:</p>
<p>Islanders: At Washington on Tuesday in meeting of the top two teams in the East.</p>
<p>Devils: Stay home and face Sabres on Tuesday.</p>
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