Islanders Win Back-To-Back Games for First Time This Season and Beat Ottawa 4-2

New York was unable to establish themselves in the offensive zone and did not manage a shot on goal, while Ottawa gained their own power play when Grant Hutton was called for holding Zack MacEwen at 11:11. The Islanders continued their strong road performance on the penalty kill with J.G. Pageau and Casey Cizikas’ strong clearing efforts on penalty kill duty. Jake Sanderson high-sticked Scott Mayfield in the final three minutes with three power plays remaining before Holmstrom foiled it by tripping Nick Jensen, negating any opportunities presented to them during that opportunity. Thomas Chabot came close to scoring against Varlamov after getting in tight, and New York held onto its shot advantage of 8-5 for a scoreless period between both clubs. Following making his NHL debut Thursday against Toronto Maple Leafs Isaiah George played alongside Noah Dobson before friends and family for this one period only game in New York. George performed admirably as an offensive playmaker in an elevated role and excelled with outlet passes.The middle period set an electric pace, as Holmstrom stole the puck at the blueline before forcing Forsberg into making an impressive save. Varlamov was called upon to make two critical saves against Senators forwards around his net. Following an impressive zone entry by Adam Gaudette off of the bench, who shot from above Varlamov’s shoulder for an iron shot goal. Varlamov utilized his left pad to extend and block Drake Batherson at the post after making a power move against Mayfield. Tim Stutzle then found himself alone on a breakaway before Grant Hutton managed to stick-check away before finally, in less than five minutes before Ryan Pulock, in celebrating his 500th game as an Islander, successfully pinched twice at the blueline and pinched twice on an attempt at breaking free. Bo Horvat then fed Anders Lee from below the goalline into the slot for one-timing the puck top-shelf to give New York their initial lead of 1-0. Horvat and Lee extended their point streaks to four games; just 2:33 later Pageau got in alone after receiving passes from Horvat and Lee on a breakaway opportunity.