
Horvat, Duclair rating for New York, which had misplaced 3 straight
Lightning at Islanders | Recap
ELMONT, N.Y. — Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves for the New York Islanders, who ended the Tampa Bay Lightning’s seven-game profitable streak with a 2-1 victory at UBS Area on Tuesday.
Bo Horvat and Anthony Duclair scored for the Islanders (14-10-3), who had misplaced three straight (0-2-1).
Dominic James scored the lone objective for the Lightning (16-8-2). Andrei Vasilevskiy made 21 saves.
Horvat gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead 55 seconds into the second interval. He obtained a return cross from Max Shabanov on a rush earlier than scoring on his personal rebound within the slot.
Sorokin preserved the one-goal lead at 12:35 by protruding his left pad to disclaim Anthony Cirelli, who obtained behind the protection and tried to raise a backhand in on the proper submit.
Duclair prolonged the result in 2-0 at 5:30 of the third interval. He poked the puck away from Pontus Holmberg proper to Calum Ritchie, who handed again to Duclair for a one-timer from the sting of the left circle that beat Vasilevskiy blocker aspect.
It was Duclair’s first objective since Nov. 4 (14 video games)
James lower it to 2-1 at 16:26. He curled out from beneath the objective line and banked a sharp-angled shot in off Sorokin’s glove.