Noah Dobson and Maxim Tsyplakov each had two assists, and Hogberg made 31 saves for the Islanders (32-28-9), who have points in five straight (3-0-2). They are two points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild card from the Eastern Conference.
“These are important games. They're close games, and they are hard-fought games,” New York coach Patrick Roy said. “It was nice to take the 3-2 lead, and we have to close those games … but I thought we did a lot of good things out there. We maybe were not as sharp at the beginning of the second period but when we started putting pucks deep, we were doing better.”
Coronato gave the Flames a 1-0 lead 36 seconds into the third period on their first shot on goal. His shot from the right point deflected off Dobson’s left leg and past Hogberg.
"On the first shift of the game, you don't want to be scored on," Dobson said. "But, I mean, we bounced back. We ended up with the lead after that. But we’ve got to find a way at being better to close out the game late in the period."
Bo Horvat tied it 1-1 at 10:46 after Tony DeAngelo’s shot from the right point deflected out to him in the low slot. It was his third goal in two games.
Marc Gatcomb gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead on the rush at 17:41. Tsyplakov fed him with a cross-ice pass in the right circle before he beat Vladar to the glove side.
Coronato tied it 2-2 at 6:03 of the second period with his second of the game and fourth in three games, taking a Huberdeau pass in the right circle and beating Hogberg to the short side.
“He just plays like he’s in his home backyard,” Vladar said on Coronato, a native of nearby Greenlawn, New York. “That’s what it feels like. He knows how to beat goalies, but it’s awesome for him. I think everybody is so happy for him. He’s got his whole family here, and it’s great for him that he’s showing his family what kind of player he is.”
Vladar got his left pad to the post at 14:07 of the third period to stop Mike Reilly on a wraparound.
Kyle MacLean one-timed a rebound from the left circle to put New York ahead 3-2 at 17:09, but Huberdeau tied it 3-3 just 29 seconds later when he deflected an Andersson point shot from the low slot at 17:38.
“It was a great game. Special for me, but that’s a hell of a win again by our team,” said Huberdeau, who played his 900th NHL game. “There was a lot of emotion. It’s nice to see us come out of it with a win.”
Vladar gloved a Ryan Pulock shot from the right circle with 16 seconds left to keep it 3-3.
Calgary finished its four-game road trip 3-1-0.
“We mentioned it,” Kadri said. “Having three wins on the road, realistically. … Crazy finish. They got a fortunate bounce there. It would have been easy to hang our heads, but we rolled up the sleeves a little bit. Huberdeau came up big again, and that line was great for us again all night, and we were able to finish it off in overtime. Once we got the equalizer, I felt like we had a pretty good chance after that.”
NOTES: Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar did not play because of a lower-body injury. Huska said he expects to have Weegar back in the next game, at home against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. Calgary forward Joel Farabee also missed the game with an illness. There was no update on him. … Coronato reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in his three NHL seasons. … Islanders forward Simon Holmstrom (assist) extended his point streak to an NHL career-high four games (four points; three goals, one assist). … Dobson has seven points (two goals, five assists) during a three-game point streak.
