LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a short-handed goal at 3:02 of overtime, and New York Islanders beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Thursday night for their third straight victory.
Matthew Schaefer had a goal and an assist, and Mathew Barzal and Emil Heineman also scored for New York. Bo Horvat and Jonathan Drouin each had two assists and Ilya Sorokin stopped 26 shots as the Islanders improved to 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
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Shea Theodore, Thomas Hertl and Reilly Smith scored for Vegas, which lost its fourth in a row (0-2-2) and its seventh in its last nine (2-4-3). Akira Schmid finished with 20 saves.
Following a delayed penalty for too many Islanders men, Sorokin denied a Jack Eichel driving attempt, and Hertl’s try on the rebound hit the crossbar.
After the penalty was called, Pageau collected the puck after a draw in the Islanders’ zone, skated down the ice and fired a shot past Schmid from the right circle for the win.
Barzal tied it 3-3 with a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Schaefer with 2:37 left.
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The Golden Knights took the lead with three straight goals after falling behind 2-0 in the first period.
Theodore got the Golden Knights on the board with 1:04 left in the second half. Theodore passed through several players, headed toward Sorokin and flicked the puck as he fell. Sorokin appeared to deny the attempt, but Theodore’s loose stick pushed the puck across the line.
Hertl tied it at 8:23 of the third, scoring on the rebound of Jack Eichel’s shot on a delayed penalty kick.
Smith gave the Golden Knights the lead 2:22 later, scoring from the right side from a sharp angle near the goal line.
Heineman gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead with 5:57 left in the first period as he scored from the top of the right circle.
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Schaefer doubled the lead with a power-play goal on a long shot from the point in traffic with 2:01 left in the first period.
To be continued
Islanders: At Utah Friday night.
Golden Knights: At St. Louis Saturday night.
