On Long Island, the visiting Columbus Jackets’ Joonas Korpisalo made 35 saves in a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Monday night.
“He gives the team confidence the way he is playing, and the team responds by playing really well in front of him,” Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella said.
Columbus has won five straight.
Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee scored for the Isles.
“I’m really disappointed. I thought we should have gotten a point,” Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said. “I take nothing away from Columbus; they’re playing really well. They’re missing some pieces from their team up front, but their young guys systematically are working very hard.”
Vladislav Gavrikov potted the game-winner late in the third when he scored to break a 2-2 tie.
“They got a bounce late, we had a couple of posts. That’s how it goes sometimes,” Barzal said. “There were stretches where there was good stuff. Other times, not so much.”
Kevin Stenlund and Nathan Gerbe also scored for the Blue Jackets.
“When you’re playing on a line with (Nick) Foligno and (Alexander) Wennberg, I just wanted to play my game and use my speed to help those guys out,” Gerbe said.
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Thomas Greiss made 32 saves in the loss.
“We’re making mistakes that are ending up in the back of our net,” the Isles’ Jordan Eberle said. “We have to find a way to clean those up, because it’s uncharacteristic of us.”
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