The New York Islanders are trying to bounce back from consecutive 4-3 losses in overtime, but they’ll have to keep traveling when they face-off against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.
The Vancouver Canucks have won four of their last five games when they face-off against the New York Islanders on Thursday. The Canucks are just two points off of the lead of the Pacific division, sitting behind Los Angeles and Vegas. Vancouver bounced back quickly after a loss, giving up seven goals to Edmonton when it beat Calgary 3-1 on Tuesday. The Flames scored the first goal of the game in the first period, but Vancouver buckled down and bounced back. Elias Pettersson scored on the power play just 23 seconds into the second period to get the Canucks on the board. Pius Suter scored two minutes later to gain the lead. Both Pettersson and Erik Brannstrom scored a goal and added an assist to lead Vancouver to the first and second stars respectively and tie the season series against their province neighbors.
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Meanwhile, New York ,is trying to avoid losing three in a row. The Islanders are coming off back-to-back losses that ended in the exact same outcomes. New York first lost 4-3 in overtime to New Jersey on Saturday and then on Tuesday, the Islanders lost to Edmonton by the exact same score in overtime. Leon Draisaitl scored two goals in the game including the game-winner in the extra frame.
Frankly, the Islanders were only in the game because of goalie Ilya Sorokin, with New York getting outshot 42-22. Connor McDavid was a force, getting the first star scoring a goal and adding three assists to get within one point of the 1,000-point career mark.
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