NEW YORK — Zach Parise scored 39 seconds into in extra time to provide the New York Islanders a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday evening.
Brock Nelson scored twice and Scott Mayfield had a aim and an help to assist the Islanders get their third win in 4 video games and eighth in the final 10. Sebastian Aho had two assists and Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves.
In the additional interval, Parise rifled a excessive shot previous Columbus netminder Joonas Korpisalo for his fifth aim of the season and the 413th of his profession, sending the house crowd right into a frenzy. Parise took a cross-ice cross from Jean-Gabriel Pageau after untangling himself from a Columbus participant in the impartial zone. A penalty was about to be referred to as as Parise scored.
“That goal is scored because of will and his work ethic,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert said of the 38-year-old Parise. “An ideal play by him.”
New York improved to 6-3-0 at home. A year ago, in their first season at UBS Arena, the Islanders started 0-5-2 on home ice.
“Everybody right here has a perception that we will come again in any scenario. I believed we did job of sticking with it,” Nelson stated. “That’s a good character win.”
Emil Bemstrom had a aim and an help, and Marcus Bjork and Cole Sillinger additionally scored for the Blue Jackets, who’ve misplaced six of their final seven. Jake Bean and Gustav Nyquist every had two assists and Joonas Korpisalo completed with 41 saves.
“The guys played great in front of me. It was a tight game,” Korpisalo stated. “We were in it the whole time.”
Bjork, making his NHL debut, fired a shot previous Sorokin at 9:38 of the third interval to place Columbus forward 3-2.
“The guys gave it their all tonight. I’m not going to get negative on that one at all,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. “We performed laborious. Our crew labored.”
Mayfield then tied it with 7:09 remaining along with his fourth as the Islanders rallied from behind for the third time of the evening.
“There’s no give-up in this room,” Mayfield said. “It’s good to get the 2 factors in the tip.”
After a scoreless first interval, Sillinger acquired the Blue Jackets on the scoreboard at 3:09 of the second with a power-play aim for his first of the season.
Nelson tied it at 7:27 earlier than Bemstrom put the Blue Jackets again forward slightly greater than three minutes later along with his first.
Nelson acquired his second of the evening and eighth of the season with 46 seconds left in the center interval to tie it 2-2.
LATE SCORING
The Islanders have outscored opponents 26-14 in the third interval. They have mixed for 27 objectives in the primary two durations and extra time.
INJURIES
The Blue Jackets are coping with accidents to key gamers, most notably Zach Werenski, their high defenseman and power-play level man, who’s out for the season due to a separated shoulder and torn labrum suffered in a win over Philadelphia on Thursday.
Columbus additionally positioned D Nick Blankenburg (fractured ankle) and F Sean Kuraly and F Jakub Voracek (higher physique damage) on injured reserve on Friday. Voracek is out indefinitely whereas Blankenburg will miss six-to-eight weeks. D Eric Gudbrandson additionally missed this sport with an damage.
HONORING LEGENDS
On Hockey Fights Cancer Night at UBS Arena, the Islanders remembered former gamers Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy and Jean Potvin earlier than the sport. All three died from most cancers inside the previous yr. Gillies and Bossy had been linemates on the Islanders groups that gained 4 straight Stanley Cups from 1980-83.
MILESTONE
Islanders F Matt Martin performed his 700th sport with the franchise.
UP NEXT
Islanders: At Ottawa on Monday evening.
Blue Jackets: Host Philadelphia on Tuesday evening.