Rapid Recap: Coyotes 2, Islanders 0

The New York Islanders were shut out for the second time this season after being blanked 2-0 by the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night at UBS Arena.
Travis Boyd's power-play goal one minute into the third period held up as the game-winner, while Jack McBain added an empty-netter with 30.5 seconds to play.
The loss ended the Islanders two game winning streak and was their first regulation defeat at home against the Coyotes since 2002. The Islanders are 10-1-1 in their last 12 home games against the Yotes.
Karel Vejmelka made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season.

THE SCORING

First Period
No scoring.
Second Period
No scoring.
Third Period
1:00 - ARI 1, NYI 0 PPG - Travis Boyd opens the scoring on a backdoor feed from Clayton Keller for a power-play goal. JJ Moser picks up the secondary assist.
19:29 - ARI 2, NYI 0 ENG - Jack McBain iced the game with an empty-netter from the neutral zone.

NOTEBOOK:

Matt Martin dropped the gloves with Josh Brown in the first period for his first fight of the season... Ilya Sorokin's shutout streak against the Coyotes comes to an end at 161:00... The Islanders have allowed seven power-play goals in their last seven games... Cal Clutterbuck returned to the lineup after missing Tuesday's game... The Islanders had 24 shots on goal on Thursday night, but also 23 shots that missed the net, as well as 17 that were blocked... Noah Dobson had a team-high 11 shot attempts (3 on goal, 3 blocked, 5 missed) as well as a team-high 5 blocked shots.

GOALTENDING BATTLE:

Ilya Sorokin stopped 27 of 28 in the loss.
Karel Vejmelka stopped 24 of 24 in the shutout win.

SPECIAL TEAMS:

The Islanders went 0-for-3 on the power play and 2-for-3 on the penalty kill.

IMAGE OF THE GAME:

HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT:

NEXT GAME:

The Islanders take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night at UBS Arena. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m.