Colangelo stays hot with 2 goals, Ducks defeat Islanders

ANAHEIM -- Sam Colangelo scored two goals for the Anaheim Ducks in a 4-1 win against the New York Islanders at Honda Center on Sunday.

Colangelo, who was recalled from San Diego of the American Hockey League on Feb. 27, has scored in four straight games (five goals).

"Ultimately, you need to score more goals than the other team to win, so anytime you put the puck in the back of the net it feels good," Colangelo said.

Mason McTavish had a goal and an assist, Drew Helleson also scored, and Lukas Dostal made 31 saves for the Ducks (28-28-7), who had lost three of four (1-3-0).

"We knew that if we played the puck deep and kept the possession game that most teams will start to wear out a bit," Anaheim coach Greg Cronin said. "I thought that's what we did, and they followed it and we got rewarded with the goals."

Tony DeAngelo scored for the Islanders (29-27-7), who had won four of five, including 4-2 at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. Marcus Hogberg made 24 saves in his first game since sustaining an upper-body injury in a 3-2 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Jan. 25.

"That's tough to do, playing your first game in quite some time," New York forward Kyle Palmieri said of Hogberg. "We didn't play well enough in front of him, and he kept us in it and gave us a chance to try and find our legs and find our way back into the game."

The Ducks took a 1-0 lead at 17:52 of the first period. McTavish sent a spinning backhand pass to Cutter Gauthier, who quickly touched it to Colangelo cutting through the slot. Colangelo then waited out Hogberg before lifting the puck into the net.

"Playing with two top five picks, there's a reason they were drafted so high, and they're unbelievable players playing in the League at a very young age," Colangelo said of McTavish and Gauthier. "I think we read off each other very well and we get along great, so it's been a lot of fun."

Helleson extended the lead to 2-0 at 14:56 of the second period. He scored with a wrist shot from the right point that made its way through traffic before hitting the right post, banking off Hogberg's left skate and deflecting in near the opposite post.

McTavish scored a power-play goal on a 2-on-1 rush 43 seconds into the third period to make it 3-0.

"If I just save the puck there in the third period, we have the best chance to get back into it," Hogberg said.

The Islanders pulled Hogberg for the extra attacker at 7:22, and Colangelo scored into the empty net at 8:18 to push it to 4-0.

"I hang out with Trevor (Zegras) and [McTavish] quite a bit, and all we kind of do is watch hockey," Colangelo said. "So, I've noticed that they pull their goalie pretty early and, yeah, it's a bit unusual, but I knew that's what they were doing."

DeAngelo ended Dostal's shutout bid with a wrist shot from above the right circle to make it 4-1 at 15:10.

"We had a bad start, not a great middle," Palmieri said. "Our push came in the third and it was too little too late."

Hogberg stopped a lacrosse-style attempt by Zegras that hit the side of his mask and then banked off the crossbar at 11:45 of the first period. Hogberg also made a save on a penalty shot by Jansen Harkins at 3:17 of the third period.

"I was just focused on the shooter and tried to read him instead of thinking," Hogberg said.

NOTES: The Islanders have not allowed a penalty shot goal since March 5, 2018, against the Vancouver Canucks. ... Islanders forward Kyle MacLean was a late scratch because of an illness, so defenseman Adam Boqvist centered the fourth line. ... McTavish extended his point streak to four games (three goals, three assists). ... Gauthier has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past eight games.