In Elmont, the visiting Seattle Kraken snapped a three-game losing skid when Philipp Grubauer returned from injury on Tuesday night, and made 25 saves in a 2-1 win over the Islanders after penalties. 
“It’s not that easy,” Grubauer said . “The timing is not right always. And obviously, it’s a little bit different with game speed and different shooters. You can practice it at home or, with our guys, I know what their speed and their approach is, and with their guys, it’s a little bit different. You can only watch so many videos, but if they make a different move in that situation, it’s a little bit different. So, yeah, it’s pretty tough, but we found a way.”
Tomas Tatar was the credited with the game-winner as the lone striker on penalties.
“Kind of panicked, to be honest,” Tatar said about his shootout goal. “I had one move in my head, and I was looking for that spot, and it wouldn’t get open, so I had to switch it last second. Glad it worked out.”
The Kraken moved to 22-21-10.
Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the opening stanza when Matty Beniers hit at ad 5:27 off a shot from the right wing.
“I was feeling it a little bit. Definitely hurt,” Beniers said. “I was trying to get off the ice. I saw the opportunity and thought, ‘I’m not that hurt.’
“I don’t think our battle level was there the last few nights, and that’s kind of been our identity since the beginning. So, that was the big emphasis on tonight was that we’re not going to get outworked. We’re not going to get outbattled.”
The Islanders dropped to 22-18-13.
“There’s things we can look at, and I think there are things we can do better offensively to try to create a little more offense,” Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock said. “We have some time here to prepare ourselves and get ready for Sunday.”
Kyle Palmieri was the lone striker for the Islanders in the game.
“I thought our guys did a good job trying to recover from our mistakes,” Islanders coach Patrick Roy said. “If we could cut down on those turnovers … it’s hard to win games when you do that. You’re shooting yourself in the foot. I think no one in this dressing room can be pleased with this. … We missed that opportunity. There was no excuse for not playing a better hockey game than what we did.”
His power play goal at 14:37 of the middle frame tie the game, 1-1.
Neither team was able to mount much in the way of quality chances for the rest of the match and into the extra session. 
Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves in the loss.
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