18:00 - NYI 1, MIN 1 - Ryan Reaves charges to the net, leaving a drop pass for Jordan Greenway, who fires a shot at Sorokin. Reaves finds room in front of the net, batting in the puck from midair to tie the game at one apiece.
2nd Period:
No scoring.
3rd Period:
No scoring.
Overtime:
No scoring.
Shootout:
Round One: Mats Zuccarello (no goal), Simon Holmstrom (no goal)
Round Two: Kirill Kaprizov (no goal), Bo Horvat (no goal)
Round Three: Frederick Gaudreau (goal), Kyle Palmieri (no goal)
NOTEBOOK:
Josh Bailey scored for the first time since Dec. 27... With a secondary assist in his fifth game of the season, Otto Koivula recorded his first point of the year... Ross Johnston drew into the lineup for the first time since Friday, playing on the fourth line with Koivula and Bailey... Johnston dropped the gloves with Ryan Reaves early in the first period, each receiving five-minute majors for fighting... Bo Horvat went 14-for-3 in the faceoff circle (82%), also leading the team with seven shots... Ilya Sorokin allowed one goal or less for the 17th time this season... The Islanders are 1-14 in shootout attempts this season... Casey Cizikas led the team with four hits... In the month of February, the Islanders went 6-3-3... The Islanders kept Kirill Kaprizov off the scoresheet... Ryan Reaves tallied his first goal for Minnesota.
GOALTENDING MATCHUP:
Ilya Sorokin stopped 30-of-31 shots.
Filip Gustavsson stopped 39-of-40 shots in the win.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
The Islanders power play went 0-for-0, while their penalty kill went 1-for-1.
IMAGE OF THE GAME: