NY Islanders 4,
Winnipeg 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 6, 2019
Where: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum,
Uniondale, New York
Referees:
Jon McIsaac, Kevin Pollock
Linesmen:
Scott Cherrey, Jesse Marquis
Attendance:
9923
By Field Level Media
Josh Bailey scored the first of the Islanders' three consecutive second-period goals on Sunday night as host New York defeated the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y.
Brock Nelson and Anders Lee also scored in the second period while Anthony Beauvillier added a goal in the third period for the Islanders, who were playing the second game of a season-opening three-game homestand.
Goalie Thomas Greiss recorded 35 saves in his season debut.
Patrik Laine scored in the second period for the Jets, who fell to 1-2-0 on a four-game East Coast road trip to open the season. Goalie Laurent Brossoit made 29 saves.
After a scoreless first period, the Islanders took the lead on a power-play goal early in the second. Beauvillier sent a perfect pass into the crease to Bailey, who, in one motion, took the puck and flicked it past Brossoit at the 1:51 mark.
Nelson opened and closed the sequence that doubled the Islanders' lead fewer than three minutes later. After winning a faceoff with Blake Wheeler, Nelson controlled the puck and skated around the circle before passing to Adam Pelech. Nelson then skated across the ice and was in position to take a pass from Bailey and fire a shot past a sprawling Anthony Bitetto and into the upper corner of the net.
The Islanders went up 3-0 with 4:05 left in the period, when Scott Mayfield's slap shot from just in front of the NHL Face-Off logo ticked off the skate of Lee and fluttered past Brossoit.
The Jets got on the board with 2:54 left, when Bitetto pounced on a loose puck in the neutral zone and passed to Wheeler, who hit Laine in stride before Laine beat Greiss on the semi-breakaway.
The Islanders once again went ahead by three goals 1:25 into the third, when Beauvillier corralled his own rebound and tucked a shot past Brossoit.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Winnipeg |
|
NY Islanders |
Patrik Laine 1
|
Points |
Josh Bailey 2
|
Patrik Laine 1
|
Goals |
Josh Bailey 1
|
Anthony Bitetto 1
|
Assists |
Josh Bailey 1
|
N/A
|
Power Play Goals |
Josh Bailey 1
|
N/A
|
Short Handed Goals |
N/A
|
Laurent Brossoit .879
|
Save Percentage |
Thomas Greiss .972
|
Laurent Brossoit 29
|
Saves |
Thomas Greiss 35
|
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Winnipeg
|
36 |
1 |
0-2 |
0-1 |
2
|
27
|
NY Islanders
|
33 |
4 |
1-1 |
2-2 |
4
|
27
|
Upcoming Games
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NY Islanders will play their next game at home against Edmonton.
The Islanders have a W/L % of .000 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
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Winnipeg will play their next game on the road against Pittsburgh.
The Jets have a W/L % of .000 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.