In Elmont, the Islanders’ trade with the Vancouver Canucks came back to bite them squarely on their breezers Thursday.
Former Islanders’ Anthony Beauvillier scored in the third period to give the Canucks a 6-4 lead in the game.
“I can finally turn the page for good now,” Beauvillier said. “That’s going to be great.”
The power play goal came with 3:04 left in the game
“I was trying to breathe and soak it all in,” Beauvillier said. “I was trying to breathe. It took me a couple minutes. There were a couple times I forgot which bench I was going to.”
Elias Pettersson started the third period off with a pair of goals for the Canucks.
“We were doing [well],” Petersson said. “Our pace was there. I think everyone felt we [had] jump, that we [could] get some goals today. It felt good to win.”
Collin Delia made 24 saves in the Canucks win.
Vancouver improved to 21-27-4.
The Isles’ Kyle Palmieri gave New York a 1-0 lead just past the midway point of the first period, but Oliver Ekman-Larsson tied it 38 seconds later, 1-1.
At 12:30 of the period, Brock Boeser gave the Canucks a 2-1 lead; New York’s Brock Nelson promptly tied it, 2-2, headed to the second period.
“I don’t think anybody would say we played our best to that point,” Nelson said. “Being up 4-2, you’d [like] to think we could close it out at home against a team [playing] a back to back. But for whatever reason, [we made] too many mistakes.”
The Isles dropped to 27-23-5.
Mathew Barzal and Bo Horvat scored for the Islanders in the middle frame to give them a 4-2 lead.
“I saw a lot of mistakes being made,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert said. “A lot of individual turnovers. Twenty-three giveaways, you’re not going to win a hockey game doing that. There were plays to be made, [but] we didn’t make them.”
Nils Aman got one back for Vancouver, 4-3, headed to the third period.
The Isles’ Noah Dobson scored off the power play with 49 seconds left in the game for the 6-5 final.
Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves in the Isles loss.
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