nhl Game Recap
Recap - Islanders Defeat Tampa Bay 6-1
New York skated to a 6-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday in NHL action at UBS Arena.
The Islanders were a -170 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 5.5.
Simon Holmstrom, Ryan Pulock, Brock Nelson, Adam Pelech, Bo Horvat, and Kyle Palmieri each scored for the Islanders in the victory. Pelech opened the scoring for New York.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 30 of 31 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Tampa Bay got a goal from Nikita Kucherov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Tampa Bay got a 36-stop effort from Brian Elliott in the loss.
New York scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
New York outshot Tampa Bay 42-31 in the game.
New York heads into a battle against the Flyers. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against Ottawa.