Rapid Recap: Islanders 5, Blues 2

The New York Islanders defeated the St. Louis Blues 5-2 for their fifth straight win.
Brock Nelson (1G, 1A), Kyle Palmieri, Josh Bailey and Anders Lee (1G, 1A) scored for the Islanders and Vladimir Tarasenko and Robert Thomas (PPG) scored for the Blues. Noah Dobson also recorded a two-point game, with two assists.
Ilya Sorokin earned his fourth straight win and posts his fourth consecutive start giving up two or fewer goals. The win marked the Islanders first five-game winning streak since rattling off nine in a row from Feb. 28 to Mar. 14, 2021.

THE SCORING

First Period:
8:17 - STL 1, NYI 0 - Torey Krug's shot off the end wall finds Vladimir Tarasenko open to the right of the net, and Tarasenko scores from a sharp angle. Justin Faulk earns the secondary assist.
Second Period:
0:14 - NYI 1, STL 1 - Noah Dobson's point shot deflects off Kyle Palmieri's skate for the goal.
5:06 - NYI 2, STL 1 PPG - Noah Dobson intercepts a Blues' clearing attempt on the power play and finds Anders Lee down low. Lee feeds Nelson across the net who scores.
7:05 - NYI 3, STL 1 - Josh Bailey pokes one in from behind the goal line on a second effort after a Jordan Binnington save on the rush. Mathew Barzal and Oliver Wahlstrom earn assists.
10:18 - NYI 4, STL 1 - Adam Pelech found Anthony Beauvillier with a stretch pass after a Sorokin save. Beauvillier found Nelson across the zone, and Nelson circles the net and finds Lee for the captain's sixth of the season.
Third Period:
8:40 - NYI 4, STL 2PPG - Robert Thomas scores after a pass deflected off Scott Mayfield. Ivan Barbashev and Vladimir Tarasenko pick up the assists.
18:28 - NYI 5, STL 2 - Jean-Gabriel Pageau scores his first of the season on an empty-netter.

NOTEBOOK:

Brock Nelson scored a goal for the fourth consecutive game... He tallied his 400th career NHL point on with an assist on Anders Lee's goal... Anthony Beauvillier tallied his 100th career NHL assist on Lee's goal... Anders Lee earned a Gordie Howe hat trick with a goal, assist and fight in the game... After going eight games without conceding a power play goal, the Islanders have conceded one in each of their last three games... The Islanders have won all but one game in which they've scored three or more goals this season, going 7-1-0 in those games this year... Jean-Gabriel Pageau's goal was the first scored by an Islander center this season not named Brock Nelson… Adam Pelech led the Islanders with 24:30 TOI… Matt Martin had a team-high five hits in 12:51 TOI in his return to the lineup.

GOALTENDING BATTLE:

Ilya Sorokin saved 32 of 34 shots in the win.
Jordan Binnington saved 25 of 29 shots.

SPECIAL TEAMS:

The Islanders' power play went 1-for-3 and the penalty kill went 1-for-3.

IMAGE OF THE GAME:

HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT:

NEXT GAME:

The Islanders return to the ice on Saturday against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena. Puck drop is at 1 p.m.