The New York Islanders fell 4-3 to the Edmonton Oilers in a Tuesday night time matchup regardless of a third-period comeback to drive time beyond regulation. With the time beyond regulation loss, the Islanders now fall to 6-6-4 on the season, whereas the Oilers enhance to 8-7-1 and right into a Western Convention playoff place.
Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring within the opening minute of the primary interval on the facility play to get the Oilers on high 1-0. He acquired a cross-ice feed from Connor McDavid and made no mistake, placing it previous Ilya Sorokin up excessive on his glove aspect.
Down 1-0 within the closing 5 minutes of the second interval, Kyle Palmieri continued his dominance when he acquired a feed from Maxim Tsyplakov on an odd-man rush earlier than burying it previous Stuart Skinner to tie the sport at 1-1.
Beginning the third interval tied, the Oilers instantly utilized stress, however it was an Evan Bouchard shot from the slot that bought previous Sorokin to regain the lead for Edmonton. With below 10 minutes to go in regulation, McDavid acquired a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins feed earlier than slipping a backhand shot previous Sorokin to increase the Oilers lead.
Down 3-1, the Islanders surged with a third-period comeback by the hands of Anders Lee. His first objective got here on the rebound of a Ryan Pulock shot, and the second got here on a gorgeous move by Jean-Gabriel Pageau.
In time beyond regulation, it was all Edmonton, as Draisaitl acquired McDavid’s feed earlier than going excessive on Sorokin to offer the Oilers the additional level. This was McDavid’s fourth level of the night time and 999th of his profession. Sorokin got here away with the loss however was spectacular, stopping 39 of 43 pictures.
You simply knew these two would finish it 🔥 #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/zQha3JOj2r
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) November 13, 2024
McDavid can have an opportunity to attain his 1,000th profession NHL level on Thursday night time (Nov. 14) towards the Nashville Predators. The Islanders proceed their street journey as they head to Vancouver to tackle the Canucks in a Thursday night time matchup
