Rapid Recap: Wild 3, Islanders 1

The New York Islanders seemed on the cusp of stealing Thursday's game against the Minnesota Wild, but were upended late in a 3-1 loss at UBS Arena
Scott Mayfield's first-period tally had the Islanders up 1-0 in the third period, but Frédérick Gaudreau (SHG) and Sam Steel scored goals 1:33 apart in the second half of the third period.
With the loss, the Islanders' winless streak reached four games (0-3-1), while their four-game home point streak came to an end.

THE SCORING:

1st Period
16:49 - NYI 1, MIN 0 - Scott Mayfield flings a wrist shot on net from the point, where it eludes Filip Gustavsson. The goal is Mayfield's fifth of the season, which ties his career-high, set during the 2019-20 season. Matt Martin and Alex Romanov picked up the assists.

2nd Period
No scoring.
3rd Period
10:55 - NYI 1, MIN 1SHG - Frédérick Gaudreau buries on a shorthanded two-on-one feed from Joel Eriksson Ek. Ilya Sorokin gets a glove on the puck, but pulls it back after it crosses the goal line.
12:28 - MIN 2, NYI 1 - The Wild capitalize on an Islanders turnover in the defensive zone. Kirill Kaprizov blocks an Isles clearing attempt and feeds Mats Zuccarello, who dishes to Sam Steel to complete the tic-tac-toe play as Steel beats Sorokin high.
18:42 - MIN 3, NYI 1 - Kaprizov ices the game with an empty-netter for his second point of the night. Zuccarello and Jon Merrill had the assists.

NOTEBOOK:

With an assist on Mayfield's goal, Alex Romanov set a new career-high with his 14th point of the season (1G,13A)... Sebastian Aho played in his 100th NHL game... The Wild scored their seventh shorthanded goal of the season, while the Islanders allowed their fifth shorthanded goal... The Islanders scored the first goal for the first time in six games... The Islanders were credited with 23 giveaways... Brock Nelson had a team-high five shots on goal and a team-high nine shot attempts... Cal Clutterbuck had a team-high four hits... Mathew Barzal had a team-high five giveaways... Mats Zuccarello had two assists... Kaprizov had a team-high nine shot attempts for Minnesota... The Islanders dropped to 15-2-0 when leading after two periods.

GOALTENDING BATTLE:

Ilya Sorokin stopped 33 of 35 in the loss.
Filip Gustavsson stopped 19 of 20 in the win.

SPECIAL TEAMS:

The Islanders power play went 0-for-3 while the penalty kill went five-for-five.

IMAGE OF THE GAME:

NEXT GAME:

The Islanders five-game homestand continues on Saturday night when the Isles host the Montreal Canadiens. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.