In Elmont, the New York Islanders blew a three-goal lead on Monday and lost to the Washington Capitals, 4-3, in extra time.
Dmitry Orlov hit for the game-winner with 39 seconds left in the extra session.
Darcy Kuemper made 27 saves in the Caps win.
“We got down 3-0, and you could kind of see our attitude [became] ‘Enough is enough,'” Kuemper said. “We started taking it to them physically. We started to turn the tide, and that is a huge comeback win we can build off of.”
The Isles took the 3-0 lead on goals from Sebastian Aho, Matt Martin, and Hudson Fasching.
“The initial thoughts right now [are] you’re disappointed in how it finished,” Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson said. “We got off to a good start, and anytime you [have] a three-goal lead … we got one point, but you [have] to find a way to close that out and get both points. Unfortunately, we didn’t.”
New York dropped to 23-18-4.
“It’s no different than when we have a push,” Islanders captain Anders Lee. “It’s expected. Couple of plays, they got kind of a decent bounce on their first one, but we expect those pushes. When we settled into our structure, they were just able to pop a couple.
“We’ve got to figure out a way to close it out. We’ve got to regroup here. We’ve got a big week in front of us, a couple of games in a couple of days, a back to back. This one’s going to sting.”
In the second period, after the Isles had taken the 3-0 lead, Garnet Hathaway and Tom Wilson scored to get the Caps within 3-2.
“Really good job. We fought back,” Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. “Guys never quit.”
T,J. Oshie tied it early in the third, 3-3, to force the extra session.
Ilya Sorokin made 31 saves in the Islanders loss.
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