Rickard Rakell saved the Anaheim Ducks Thursday night in Brooklyn when he potted a goal to tie the game with the Islanders at 4 and force extra time.
Hampus Lindholm completed the comeback for the Ducks when he picked up his third goal of the game in the extra session for a 5-4 win.
“I think that’s a turning point for us,” Lindholm said. “This road trip has kind of been a bad spiral going the wrong way here. But we dug deep here. Now we’ve just got to roll 
with this and keep going forward.”
Ryan Miller made 22 saves to pick up the win.
“I don’t know; it doesn’t feel too special. It’s just nice to get a win. I think when I look back at it, I think it’s going to be something special,” Lindholm said of his hat trick.
John Tavares struck twice in the loss.
“Giving up five goals is just too many,” Tavares said. “We’ve got to find a way to be better defensively, starting with myself, on for three (goals) again. We’re scoring enough goals, we’ve just got to tighten up and limit their opportunities. It’s a frustrating one, especially when you come back and play a better second half of the game than we did in the first half.”
Andrew Ladd and Mathew Barzal also scored for the Isles.
“Our starts have made it an uphill battle right from the get-go,” Ladd said. “It’s not the way we want to start games. But in saying that, we battled back to get the lead. We’ve got find ways to seal the deal there.”
Ondrej Kase also scored for the Ducks.
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Jaroslav Halak ade 35 saves in taking the loss.
“Every game is tough, so everybody goes through it. That’s part of the deal. Yeah, it’s draining a bit, but everybody’s in the same boat, everybody needs points every night. We have to exit it from our mind and keep confidence up in the room at times like this,” Isles head coach Doug Weight said after the loss.
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