Rapid Recap: Islanders 5, Hurricanes 1

An animated crowd packed UBS Arena for the first playoff game in the building's history and the New York Islanders gave them a 5-1 win in Game Three of their First Round series on Friday night. As a result, the Islanders are on the board, trailing the best-of-seven series two games to one.
Casey Cizikas (1G, 1A), Kyle Palmieri (1G, 1A), Matt Martin, Scott Mayfield (1G, 1A) and Anders Lee led the way for the Islanders offense. Cizikas opened the scoring in the middle frame to record the first playoff tally at UBS Arena, but the Hurricanes responded late in the period with a shorthanded goal from Jesper Fast. Kyle Palmieri recovered the lead in the third period with a deflection to spark a rapid chain of goals form Martin, Mayfield and Lee to take Game Three.
Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves in the win, while Antti Raanta made 32 saves in the loss.
The Islanders have the chance to give their fans a series-tying win on Sunday at UBS Arena for Game Four.
"It was pretty awesome," Matt Martin said of the rowdy home crowd. "I didn't think anything would be like [Nassau] Coliseum, but it was pretty damn close. Our fans bring so much energy for us, and helped us tilt the ice, especially in that third period when we really needed a push. Just an unbelievable atmosphere - we love playing in front of these fans and in this building."

THE SCORING:
1st Period:
No scoring.
2nd Period:
12:49 - NYI 1, CAR 0 - Derek Stepan attempts to clear the puck but it's kept in by Ryan Pulock, who moves into the zone and feeds Casey Cizikas, who buries the cross-ice pass for the opening goal of the gane, drawing first blood for the Isles for the first time of the series.

16:56 - NYI 1, CAR 1SHG - The Jordan Staal and Jesper Fast break into the Islanders zone shorthanded late in the second. Staal rushes to the circle and sends a feed to Fast in the slot, who wrists one past Ilya Sorokin to tie the score.
3rd Period:
16:09 - NYI 2, CAR 1 PPG - Sebastian Aho receives a cross-ice pass from Jean-Gabriel Pageau and fires a long shot from the point, which finds Kyle Palmieri's stick and deflects up and over the shoulder of Raanta, regaining the lead for the Islanders.

16:53 - NYI 3, CAR 1 - Matt Martin carries the puck through the neutral zone on a rush, passing to Kyle Palmieri. Martin buries the return feed at the circle, doubling the Islanders lead. Scott Mayfield tallies the secondary assist.

18:11 - NYI 4, CAR 1 EN- Scott Mayfield takes a powerful shot from the Islanders goal line, which darts all the way across ice and into the empty net.

18:27 - NYI 5, CAR 1 - Cizikas whips the puck toward the net and Anders Lee deflects it home for the Islanders' fifth goal. Pulock registers the secondary assist.

NOTEBOOK:
The Islanders' four goals in the span of 2:18 marked the fastest four goals in NHL playoff history... Casey Cizikas scored his sixth career playoff goal... Kyle Palmieri's game-winning power play goal snapped an 0-8 streak with the man advantage... Ryan Pulock tallied his second point (1G, 1A) of the series, 22nd point of his career... Alexander Romanov played for the first time since Apr. 1. In his return to the lineup, the 23-year-old defenseman took two shots (one attempted, one missed), recorded four hits and finished +3... The Islanders edged the Hurricanes in hits for the third straight game, 43-28... Zach Parise tied the team lead with Casey Cizikas with five hits... The Islanders outscored the Hurricanes 9-7... Jesse Puljujarvi drew into the lineup for Teuvo Teravainen.
GOALTENDING MATCHUP:
Ilya Sorokin stopped 30-of-31 shots in the win.
Antti Raanta stopped 32-of-36 in the loss.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
The Islanders power play went 1-for-5, while their penalty kill went 3-for-3.
IMAGE OF THE GAME:

NEXT GAME:
The Islanders look to capitalize on the opportunity to even the series at two games apiece on Sunday afternoon for Game Four at UBS Arena. Puck drop is set for 1 p.m.