Rapid Recap: Lightning 4, Islanders 1

The New York Islanders six-game home winning streak came to a close on Sunday, as the Isles fell 4-1 to the Tampa Bay Lightning at UBS Arena.
Brock Nelson opened the scoring with his 31st goal of the season, but the Lightning responded with four-straight goals from Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn, Ross Colton and Mikhail Sergachev for the win. The loss was the Islanders second in a row after falling 6-3 to the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon.

THE SCORING

1st Period:
18:14 - NYI 1, TBL 0 - Brock Nelson scores his team-leading - and career-high - 31st goal of the season, keeping, shooting and scoring on a three-on-one rush. Nelson goes high short side on Andrei Vasilevskiy. Adam Pelech picks up the lone assist.
2nd Period:
1:10 - NYI 1, TBL 1 PPG - Victor Hedman ties the score at the tail end of a Tampa power play. Hedman skates down the wing and sneaks a sharp-angled shot between Ilya Sorokin's body and right arm. Brayden Point and Vasilevskiy pick up the assists.
9:47 - TBL 2, NYI 1 - Alex Killorn finishes a two-on-one rush with Anthony Cirelli to give the Lightning the lead. Cirelli scoops up a turnover at the Lightning blueline, skates down the wing and dishes a backhand pass over to Killorn.
3rd Period:
9:10 - TBL 3, NYI 1 - Ross Colton deflects a Mikhail Sergachev shot onto Semyon Varlamov. The goaltender makes the first save, but Colton picks up his own rebound and deposits it in at the side of the net.
16:56 - TBL 4, NYI 1 - Mikhail Sergachev collects his own rebound and slides it through Varlamov's five-hole. Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov pick up the assists.

NOTEBOOK:

Grant Hutton was an emergency recall for the Islanders on Sunday afternoon, drawing into the lineup for Sebastian Aho... Nelson's goal was his 12th in the month of March, the first Islander to score 12 goals in a month since Ziggy Palffy had 13 in March 1996... JG Pageau's goal late in the second period was overturned by an offside challenge. Kyle Palmieri was deemed to have enter the zone before the puck prior to feeding Pageau... Hedman's goal is his 18th, setting a new career high... The Lightning outshot the Islanders 34-24 in the game and 14-6 in the third period...

GOALTENDING MATCHUP:

Ilya Sorokin started the game and stopped 18-of-20 shots through two periods. Sorokin was replaced by Semyon Varlamov in the third period. Varlamov stopped 12-of-14 in relief.
Trotz said that Sorokin left the game with an upper-body injury and it'll be determined on Monday whether or not he makes the trip to Columbus for Tuesday's game.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 23-of-24 in the win.

SPECIAL TEAMS MATCHUP:

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

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NEXT GAME:

The Islanders kick off a home-and-home stretch with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night in Ohio. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.