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Carolina Ices New York 3-2 - Recap

Carolina skated to a 3-2 victory over New York on Saturday in NHL action at Nassau Coliseum.

Carolina was an underdog by +110 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Carolina got goals from Justin Williams, Vincent Trocheck, and Joel Edmundson in the victory. Williams opened the scoring at 13:22 of the first period.

Anton Forsberg stopped 24 of 26 New York shots in the victory.

Josh Bailey, and Ryan Pulock scored for the Islanders, finding the net behind Anton Forsberg.

Thomas Greiss stopped 25 of 28 shots for the Islanders, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Carolina went 1-for-5, while the Islanders were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Carolina by a margin of 28-26.

Next game, Carolina takes its act on the road to face Pittsburgh looking for another win. For New York, they head on the road to face Vancouver.