Rapid Recap: Hurricanes 5, Islanders 2

The New York Islanders winless streak reached four games, as the Isles fell 5-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night at UBS Arena.
Simon Holmstrom and Brock Nelson had the Islanders in a 2-2 tie after 20 minutes, but Sebastian Aho's sixth-career hat trick - and first natural hat trick - proved to be the difference. Jordan Staal (1G, 1A) and Jesper Fast also scored for the Metropolitan Division leading Hurricanes.
With the loss, the Islanders dropped to 0-3-1 in their last four games, 1-5-3 in their last nine games and 2-6-3 in their last 11.

THE SCORING

1st Period:
0:44 - CAR 1, NYI 0 - Jordan Staal tips a Jalen Chatfield point shot past Ilya Sorokin, as the Hurricanes take an early lead. Brent Burns with the secondary assist.
3:52 - CAR 2, NYI 0 - Staal and Jesper Fast connect on a two-on-one rush after Alex Romanov can't keep a puck in at the Carolina blue line. Staal's pass goes through Scott Mayfield's legs for a backdoor play to Fast. The goal is Carolina's second on three shots.
14:02 - CAR 2, NYI 1 - Simon Holmstrom lobs the puck out of the Islanders' zone, rushes to catch up with the play, takes a pass from Anders Lee and snaps a wrister by Frederik Andersen. Holmstrom skates in one-on-three, loads up the wrister and snaps the shot through Brett Pesce's legs before beating Andersen high.

15;42 - NYI 2, CAR 2 - Brock Nelson takes the puck around the Hurricanes net. Andersen's right pad gets caught on the outside of the net and he can't get over in time to stop Nelson's wraparound.

2nd Period:
16:40 - CAR 3, NYI 2 - Tuevo Teravainen sends a puck into the middle of the ice where it deflects off Sebastian Aho's stick and past Sorokin.
3rd Period:
7:09 - CAR 4, NYI 2 - Islanders defenseman Sebastian Aho turns the puck over to Carolina's Sebastian Aho deep in the Islanders zone. Carolina's Aho skates into the slot and beats Sorokin stick side.
19:38 - CAR 5, NYI 2 - Aho completes his hat trick, working the puck into an empty net. Aho pushes the puck ahead of himself at center and while he's taken down by Ryan Pulock, the puck has enough momentum to slide into the yawning cage.

NOTEBOOK:

Cal Clutterbuck missed Saturday's game with an upper-body injury that will keep him out indefinitely... Aatu Raty was recalled from Bridgeport and was reinserted into the lineup between Matt Martin and Ross Johnston... After going 14 games without a goal, Brock Nelson now has goals in back to back games... Mathew Barzal had a team-high six shots on goal and a team-high nine shot attempts... Matt Martin had a team-high six hits... Ryan Pulock played a team-high 24:39... Sebastian Aho and Noah Dobson blocked a team-high four shots.

GOALTENDING BATTLE:

Ilya Sorokin stopped 21 of 25 in the loss.
Frederik Andersen stopped 28 of 30 in the win.

SPECIAL TEAMS:

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

IMAGE OF THE GAME:

NEXT GAME:

The Islanders head to Ontario for a two-game road trip, starting on Monday night in Toronto. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.