nhl Game Recap
Nashville Falls 7-4 to Islanders - Recap
New York earned a 7-4 victory over Nashville behind a 2-goal performance from Brock Nelson on Saturday at UBS Arena.
New York was favored by -155 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
New York got goals from Brock Nelson(2), Kyle Palmieri, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Casey Cizikas, Bo Horvat, and Ilya Sorokin in the victory. Pageau opened the scoring at 2:37 of the first period.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 23 of 27 Nashville shots in the victory.
Cole Smith(2), Marc Del Gaizo, and Colton Sissons scored for the Predators, finding the net behind Ilya Sorokin.
Juuse Saros stopped 30 of 36 shots for the Predators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, New York went 1-for-4, while the Predators were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
New York outshot Nashville 36-27 in the game.
New York heads into a battle against the Rangers. Nashville, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.