Horvat has 3 points, Islanders hand Sharks 9th straight loss

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Bo Horvat had a goal and two assists for the New York Islanders, who handed the San Jose Sharks their ninth straight loss with a 7-2 win at SAP Center on Thursday.

William Eklund (72) shoots the puck past Anders Lee (27) – Photo by Jack Lima

Brock Nelson had three assists, and Anders Lee had a goal and an assist for the Islanders (28-20-14), who have won five straight. Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves.

Thomas Bordeleau and Mike Hoffman scored, and Magnus Chrona made 26 saves in his second start of the season for the Sharks (15-40-4), whose last win was a 6-3 victory against the Calgary Flames on Feb. 15.

Thomas Bordeleau (17) celebrates his goal with teammates William Eklund (72) and Fabian Zetterlund (center) – Photo by Jack Lima

Noah Dobson put New York ahead 1-0 just 19 seconds into the first period when his wrist shot deflected off Sharks defenseman Kyle Burroughs’ skate past Chrona.

Alexander Romanov made it 2-0 at 18:31 with a slap shot from the left point through traffic.

Bordeleau cut it to 2-1 at 2:45 of the second period when he redirected a shot by William Eklund on the power play. The forward was recalled on Wednesday from the American Hockey League for the first time since October.

The puck deflects off Thomas Bordeleau’s (17) skate past Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov for the Sharks first goal – Photo by Jack Lima

Horvat made it 3-1 at 11:24 when he picked up the puck at the goal line, skated to the slot and beat Chrona with a wrist shot.

Hoffman made it 3-2 at 11:49, putting in a centering pass from Givani Smith in front on the rush.

Kyle MacLean pushed it to 4-2 at 12:04 with a wrist shot from a tight angle below the left circle.

Sharks defenseman Kyle Burroughs (4) checks Mathew Barzal (13) off the puck – Photo by Jack Lima

Mathew Barzal made it 5-2 at 14:21. He gloved down a clearing attempt at the blue line, did a give-and-go with Nelson and beat Chrona with a snap shot from the right circle.

Sebastian Aho increased the lead to 6-2 at 16:25 with a snap shot from the left circle off a cross-ice pass from Horvat.

Lee scored 14 seconds into a four-minute power play when his pass from behind the net redirected off Sharks defenseman Jan Rutta’s skate for the 7-2 final at 8:08 of the third.

Sharks defenseman Jan Rutta shoots the puck around the boards – Photo by Jack Lima

Noah Dobson’s (not pictured) shot deflects past Sharks goalie Magnus Chrona for the Islanders first goal nineteen seconds into the game – Photo by Jack Lima