Aatu Raty, Derek Forbort and Teddy Blueger scored unanswered targets in a span of just a little greater than seven minutes bridging the second and third intervals Wednesday for the Vancouver Canucks, who helped their playoff probabilities and dented the hopes of the New York Islanders with a 5-2 win in Elmont, N.Y.
Kiefer Sherwood opened and closed the scoring whereas additionally logging an help for the Canucks (34-26-12, 80 factors), who moved inside three factors of the St. Louis Blues within the race for the ultimate Western Convention wild-card spot.
Thatcher Demko made 26 saves for the Canucks, who’ve gained two straight regardless of the absence of the injured Elias Pettersson and Nils Hoglander.
Casey Cizikas had a objective and an help and Tony DeAngelo additionally scored for the Islanders (32-29-10, 74 factors), who missed an opportunity to tie or transfer previous the idle Montreal Canadiens within the chase for the final Jap Convention wild-card place.
Ilya Sorokin recorded 15 saves of 19 photographs earlier than being pulled following Blueger’s objective early within the third. Marcus Hogberg stopped all 5 photographs he confronted because the Islanders misplaced their third straight recreation (0-1-2).
The Islanders outshot the Canucks 10-5 throughout a scoreless first interval earlier than Sherwood redirected a shot by Quinn Hughes at 2:39 of the second. Cizikas scored a short-handed objective at 5:35 of the center body for a 1-1 tie.
New York took the lead on a four-on-four objective with 11 minutes left within the second interval. DeAngelo buried the rebound of Pierre Engvall’s shot off Cizikas within the crease.
Raty started the decisive flurry with 6:01 remaining within the second when he received his stick on a shot by Marcus Pettersson. Forbort scored the game-winner with 22.9 seconds left within the body, taking a move from Jake DeBrusk and instantly firing a shot from the left faceoff circle past Sorokin’s glove.
Blueger doubled the lead in comparable vogue 1:05 into the third, when he took a move from Conor Garland within the left faceoff circle and once more beat Sorokin glove aspect.
The Islanders pulled Hogberg with lower than 4 minutes left, however Sherwood iced the win by scoring an empty-netter with 1:52 left.
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