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Vegas Golden Knights vs New York Islanders Recap - Islanders Win 3-2

The Islanders earned a 3-2 victory over the Golden Knights on Thursday at Nassau Coliseum.

New York was favored by -119 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

New York got goals from Brock Nelson, Cal Clutterbuck, and Ryan Pulock in the victory. Clutterbuck opened the scoring at 4:26 of the second period.

Semyon Varlamov turned in a 31-save effort for the Islanders.

Vegas got goals from Alex Tuch, and Jonathan Marchessault in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Vegas got a 28-stop effort from Malcolm Subban in the loss.

New York scored 1 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Vegas went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Vegas by a margin of 33-31.

Next game, New York takes its act on the road to face Dallas looking for another win. For Vegas, they head home to face NY Rangers.