Pageau Scores Short-Handed Goal in OT as Islanders Beat Golden Knights 4-3
Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s short-handed overtime goal completed a late rally as the Islanders won their third straight game, improving to 5-1-1 in their last seven matches.
- On Thursday in Las Vegas, Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored an unassisted short-handed goal three minutes into overtime to lift the New York Islanders to their third straight 4-3 win.
- On a six-on-five with the goalie pulled, Mathew Barzal tied the game 3-3 with a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Matthew Schaefer with 2:37 remaining.
- Ilya Sorokin stopped 26 shots making several key saves, Akira Schmid finished with 20 saves, and Matthew Schaefer had a goal and an assist setting up Barzal's tying one-timer.
- Following the OT victory, New York will play in Utah on Friday, after Vegas lost its fourth straight and its seventh in nine games.
- Pageau became the second Islander since Michael Peca on Feb. 12, 2002, to score a shorthanded overtime winner, while Ilya Sorokin earned his 131st victory, surpassing Rick DiPietro.
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Pageau scores short-handed goal in OT as Islanders beat Golden Knights 4-3
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a short-handed goal at 3:02 of overtime, and the New York Islanders beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 for their third straight win.
7 Observations: Golden Knights Don’t Slay Enough Demons, Lose in OT
On Thursday, the Vegas Golden Knights (7-4-5) hosted the New York Islanders (9-6-2). Despite outplaying the Islanders, the Golden Knights entered the first intermission down by two. They clawed their way back and took the lead, but the Islanders tied the game with the goalie pulled. The Islanders struck shorthanded in overtime, and the Golden Knights lost 4-3. The first period was fast-paced, with just one whistle in the first eight minutes. The…
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