In Elmont, the New York Islanders scored four goals in the third period on Saturday and handed the Colorado Avalanche another loss, 5-4, on their current road trip.
Zach Parise, Scott Mayfield, Anthony Beauvillier, and Brock Nelson were the Isles strikers in the final frame.
“We’ve put three pretty complete games together,” Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck said. “I think we were resilient throughout, but that’s got to continue.”
Semyon Varlamov made 33 saves in the New York win.
“Very dangerous team, very skilled team. I would say best power play probably in the League,” said Varlamov. “So it’s always hard to play against those guys. It was really fun to beat them, I’m not going to lie, because, I mean, it’s a great team, you know? Every time you play against your former team, it’s always nice to win.”
Evan Rodrigues hit for a double for the Avs.
“Everyone kept pushing,” Beauvillier said. “Everyone believed we could come back, and (it was) just one of those games where you get momentum after a goal and then keep pushing, pushing, pushing.”
Mikko Rantanen and Alex Newhook added single markers for Colorado. Newhook scored to reduce the Isles lead to 5-4 in the third period.
“I though [Varlamov] was outstanding,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert said. “We were down 3-0, but there really wasn’t much that he could do about it. And I thought when it really came down at crunch time, he made some great saves.”
Noah Dobson also scored for the Islanders.
“I didn’t think we were playing that bad at all,” Lambert said. “[The timeout] was more or less a message. We made a couple of mistakes, and they ended up in our net. That team has the ability to do that. There was plenty of time left in the game. That was the message.”
Alexander Georgiev made 39 saves in the Avs loss.
“I wish I had a couple (goals) back,” Georgiev said. “(They) scored a couple that I wish I had played better on.”
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