ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Palmieri reached the 20-goal mark for the sixth time in his profession, Bo Horvat prolonged his objective streak to 3 video games, and the New York Islanders moved right into a playoff place with their sixth straight win, a 6-1 rout of the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night time.
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The Islanders scored thrice within the first interval, together with Palmieri on a breakaway 7:28 into the sport. New York has outscored opponents 11-0 within the first 20 minutes throughout its successful streak.
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It was the second time this season the Ducks have allowed at the least three objectives within the first interval in two straight video games.
“Sometimes you take these game for granted, and that’s not what our guys didn’t do,” Islanders coach Patrick Roy mentioned. “We were ready for them. We played a good game and jumped on them early.”
The prime line of Horvat, Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal mixed for six factors because the Islanders moved into the Eastern Conference’s second and remaining wild card after being seven factors again two weeks in the past. Detroit and New York each have 74 factors, however the Islanders have one sport in hand.
Horvat and Nelson every had a objective and an help whereas Brazal had two assists. Casey Cizikas, Pierre Engvall and Cal Clutterbuck additionally discovered the online for New York. All however six of the Islanders’ 18 skaters ended up getting on the rating sheet.
“All four lines are playing well. The defensemen are moving the puck fast, and it’s what’s making us successful. We’ve just got to continue to do that,” Palmieri mentioned.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 pictures to choose up his first win in internet since Dec. 13, additionally towards Anaheim.
Anaheim’s Alex Killorn prolonged his objective streak to 4 video games through the second interval. Lukas Dostal made 13 saves for the Ducks, who’ve dropped three of 4 and been outscored 12-3 within the final two.
“When it goes sideways, that’s when things get crazy for us and we leave our goalies hanging out to dry,” defenseman Cam Fowler said. “That’s something we’ll try to continue to manage moving forward, but it has to be a lot better. It’s something that can’t happen.”
Palmieri’s objective got here two minutes after Cizikas opened the scoring. Palmieri obtained behind the Ducks’ protection, took a stretch move from Mike Reilly and trickled in a backhand with a transfer to his proper hand as Dostal was going the opposite approach.
It is the primary time the Long Island native has reached 20 objectives since 2019-20, when he was with the New Jersey Devils.
Nelson’s wrist shot on the facility play — his team-leading twenty ninth objective — gave the Islanders three objectives on their first seven pictures.
Killorn’s wrist shot from the sting of the left faceoff circle 24 seconds into the second interval made him the second participant with a four-game objective streak in his first season with the Ducks. Bill Houlder did it through the franchise’s first season in 1993-94.
Horvat prolonged his streak 34 seconds into the third adopted by Engvall’s breakaway seven minutes later.
UP NEXT
Islanders: Remain in Southern California to face the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
Ducks: Open a four-game street journey towards the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.
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