Rapid Recap: Islanders 5, Golden Knights 2

On a night the New York Islanders visited The Fortress, it was the reinforcements who did the raiding.
Simon Holmstrom, who scored his first NHL goal, and Hudson Fasching scored a pair of key goals for the Islanders, while Semyon Varlamov stopped 35 of 37 in a 5-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.
The win snapped the Islanders three-game winless skid.
Anders Lee, Brock Nelson (ENG) and Zach Parise (ENG) scored for the Islanders, while Reilly Smith (2 PPG) also scored on Saturday night.

THE SCORING

First Period
18:58 - NYI 1, VGK 0 - Anders Lee one-timed a feed from Anthony Beauvillier high past Logan Thompson. Robin Salo picks up the secondary assist on the captain's goal from the high slot.

Second Period
1:12 - VGK 1, NYI 1 PPG - Reilly Smith cleans up a rebound during a goal mouth scramble on a Golden Knights power play. The goal is unassisted.
4:30 - NYI 2, VGK 1 - Hudson Fasching skates down the left wing, goes around Alex Pietrangelo and cuts across the crease, depositing a puck five-hole on Thompson. Sebastian Ahoand Matt Martin pick up the assists.

17:36 - NYI 3, VGK 1 - Simon Holmstrom scored his first NHL goal, faking Pietrangelo and moving into the slot before beating Thompson. Zach Parise and JG Pageau with the assists. Parise also scooped the puck for Holmstrom.

Third Period
4:30 - NYI 3, VGK 2 PPG - Smith scores his second power-play goal of the game, loading up a wrister and beating Varlamov through traffic. Pietrangelo and Chandler Stephenson with the assists.
18:33 - NYI 4, VGK 2 - Brock Nelson ices the game with an empty-netter.
19:49 - NYI 5, VGK 2 - Zach Parise added an empty-netter. Nelson and Pageau with the assists.

NOTEBOOK

Cal Clutterbuck and Kyle Palmieri both missed Saturday's game and are considered day-to-day with upper-body injuries. Hudson Fasching and Simon Holmstrom drew into the lineup in their places... Casey Cizikas just missed scoring a buzzer beater by a tenth of a second that would have put the Islanders ahead 4-1 at the end of the second period... Nelson extended his point streak to four games (1G, 3A)... Sebastian Aho extended his point streak to three games (1G, 2A)... Matt Martin had a team-high six hits...

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Semyon Varlamov stopped 35 of 37 in the win.
Ilya Sorokin stopped one of one in a relief appearance in the third period.
Logan Thompson stopped 21 of 24 in the loss.

SPECIAL TEAMS

The Isles power play went 0-for-2 while the penalty kill went 1-for-3.

IMAGE OF THE GAME

NEXT GAME

The Islanders take on the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche on Monday night in the Mile High City.