Rapid Recap: Islanders 2, Jets 1

The New York Islanders won for the third time in four tries after beating the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 at UBS Arena on Wednesday night.
Simon Holmstrom scored the game-winning goal with 10:03 to play in the third period, breaking open a 1-1 tie, while Sebastian Aho scored the other goal for the Islanders. Nikolaj Ehlers' power-play goal was the lone tally for the Jets.
With the win, the Islanders (67 points) remained in the first wild card position in the Eastern Conference, three points up on the Florida Panthers (65 points) and four up on the Pittsburgh Penguins (63 points), though the Penguins hold five games in hand.

THE SCORING

1st Period:
17:35 - NYI 1, WPG 0 - Brock Nelson picks up a Mason Appleton turnover and kicks off a two-on-one rush the other way. Nelson keeps and shoots on the two-on-one, and Sebastian Aho jumps on the rebound after Connor Hellebuyck makes the initial stop.

2nd Period:
4:30 - NYI 1, WPG 1 PPG - Nikolaj Ehlers roofs a wrist shot up high on Ilya Sorokin, skating in from the top of the left circle and snapping a shot through traffic. Josh Morrissey and Kyle Connor with the assists.
3rd Period:
9:57 - NYI 2, WPG 1 - Simon Holmstrom takes a hit from Dylan DeMelo in the corner, but works the puck free to Bo Horvat. Horvat feeds Matt Martin, whose initial shot is stopped, but Horvat gets the puck back and feeds Holmstrom, who snipes top corner on Hellebuyck.

NOTEBOOK

Otto Koivula was recalled on Wednesday morning, while Andy Andreoff was returned to Bridgeport... With an assist, Brock Nelson (58 points) is one point shy of matching his career-high, set last season... Nikolaj Ehlers appeared in his 500th game... Alexander Romanov led the Islanders with six hits... Noah Dobson led the Islanders with five shots... Ryan Pulock led the Islanders with 21:56 TOI... Bo Horvat took a team-high 23 draws, winning 12 of them... Scott Mayfield had a game-high four blocks...

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Ilya Sorokin stopped 25 of 26 for the win.
Connor Hellebuyck stopped 20 of 22 in the loss.

SPECIAL TEAMS BATTLE

The Islanders went 0-for-4 on the power play and 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.

IMAGE OF THE GAME

NEXT GAME

The Islanders host the LA Kings on Friday night. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m.