The New York Islanders (#Isles) defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets (#CBJ) 7-3 in a game where the Islanders had a strong offensive performance. The Islanders scored twice in the final 1:09 of the 2nd period and added two more goals in the 3rd period. Mathew Barzal had two goals and two assists, Bo Horvat scored twice and picked up an assist, and the Islanders showed dominance in shots and scoring when Horvat was on the ice. The Blue Jackets had a strong start, leading 2-1 after the first period, but ultimately couldn't maintain their lead, with Yegor Chinakhov scoring twice for #CBJ. The Islanders are now in a playoff spot and will face the Los Angeles Kings next.
Barzal gets called for tripping in the offensive zone. 17:35 to play in the first. #Isles
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#CBJ lead 4-1 as Chinakhov scores his 2nd goal of the night unassisted with 7:39 left in the third period.
Chinakhov scores his 4th goal of the campaign 6:26 into the 3rd period to give #CBJ a 3-1 lead. Assists to Marchenko and Voronkov.
Chinakhov off a rush in the third ... goal. It's 3-1 #CBJ at 6:26 of the third.
π¨ #CBJ goal: Yegor Chinakhov I've been tweeting about him all night and he finally gets one. It's an easy finish on the odd-man rush as Voronkov plays Marchenko in, and Marchy slides it over across the crease for the finish. 3-1 with 13:34 to go.
#CBJ up 2-1 but on the kill as the third period begins ... now. Jackets will have to finish this one off without their captain.
2-1 #CBJ after 40 Jackets head into the 3rd period with a lead, help us @HockeyGods!
#CBJ still lead 2-1 after 40 minutes of play. Shots are 19-16, STL. Blue Jackets will have 1:53 of penalty kill time to start the third period.
#CBJ up 2-1 after two periods but the Blues will begin the third on the power play. Pretty even, low-event hockey so far tonight. But now, the test of the third-period lead looms.
#CBJ lead 2-1 after the first period. Shots are 12-9, STL. The Blue Jackets will start the second period with 1:18 of power play time.
#CBJ up 2-1 after one period with goals coming from Marchenko and Fantilli.
#CBJ getting a power play in the final minute of the first period. #STLBlues sail the puck up and over the glass in the defensive end. Goalie guilty. #CBJ to the power play with 42.1 seconds remaining in the first.
#CBJ Fantilli with his third goal less than two games. Kent Johnson slows the play along the wall, then sets Fantilli on a clear path to the net. Wrister finds the back of the net. #CBJ 2-1 at 17:01 of the first.
#CBJ lead 2-1 as Fantilli scores his 8th goal of the season with 2:59 left in the first period. Assists to Johnson and Bemstrom.
Fantilli puts the #CBJ back on top with his third goal in the past two games, eighth of the season and 16th point.
π¨ #CBJ goal: Adam Fantilli Make it three in the last three periods for Fantilli, who takes Kent Johnson's pass in the left circle and simply beats Hofer clean. Jackets up 2-1 with 2:59 left in the first.
#CBJ "Russian" line scores off the rush. Great move by Chinakhov to get through first line of #STLBlues defense, soft hands by Voronkov to set up Marchenko, and he somehow gets it through Hofer. 1-0 at 1:40 of the first.
#CBJ strike first as Marchenko scores his 9th goal of the season 1:42 into the game. Assists to Voronkov and Chinakhov.
βSometimes, you have to let the doors open and let us go out there and win a game." #Isles realizing that their offense may be their best way to defend leads going forward @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/CR8rZWIYNq https://t.co/CR8rZWIYNq
It started against #NYR and showed itself against #Isles and #LGRW, but the #SJSharks comebacks have been electric. Here are my three biggest takeaways from yesterday. Read on @TheHockeyNews. β€΅οΈ https://t.co/yWNaE9Fluo https://t.co/yWNaE9Fluo
When Bo Horvat was on the ice tonight at 5-on-5, the #Isles out-shot #CBJ 20-8, outscoring them 4-0.
Mathew Barzal had two goals and two assists, Bo Horvat also scored twice and picked up an assist, and the #Isles beat the Blue Jackets on Thursday night. https://t.co/pqzNUj5gLK
#Isles score 7, defeat #CBj 7-3 in a bounce-back game @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/yBXydmsU5u https://t.co/yBXydmsU5u
After a two-goal, 1-assist night vs. #CBJ, Bo Horvat has 23 points (9G, 14A) in 24 games this season for #Isles.
Horvat (again) 7-3 #Isles
Horvat scores twice in 20 seconds to give the Islanders a 7-3 lead over #CBJ with 8:04 to play.
Horvat again. It's 7-3 with still 8:09 to go.
Horvat races past #CBJ Provorov to get a clean look at Martin, then has enough time and space to skate around to the other side of the cage and score off his own rebound. Wait, it's now 7-3.
Barzal to Horvat. 7-3 #Isles with 8:09 to play in the third. Two goals in 20 seconds for Horvat.
Horvat 6-3 #Isles
Bo Horvat, Part Deux. Now 7-3 #Isles at 11:51 of the third. Two goals in 20 seconds for Horvat.
Horvat scores to give the Islanders a 6-3 lead over #CBJ with 8:19 to play in the game.
Horvat scores twice on the same shift and suddenly it's 7-3 Islanders. They've iced it. #CBJ
Bo Horvat scoops up his own rebound and holds, holds, and holds before sliding the puck into the empty net with 8:29 to play in the third. #Isles up 6-3.
Bo Horvat denied on the right on his rush, comes around the crease and deposits a backhander from the left, 6-3 #Isles at 11:31 of the third.
Marchand was the Bruins' lone goal scorer the last two games.
#Isles push the lead back to two goals. Barzal gets his second of the evening at 5:33 of the third. Looked like Martin was ready to smother a rebound, but #CBJ Jenner swiped at it with his stick and sent it toward the slot. Barzal waiting.
Barzal's second of the game gives the #Isles a 5-3 lead with 14:27 to play in the third. Set play off the face-off leads eventually goes back to Horvat, who fed Barzal.
Islanders extend their lead to 5-3 with 14:27 to go. #CBJ got no momentum from the Fantilli goal and the Isles finally take advantage. Martin can't cover Dobson's blast and Barzal jumps on it.
Adam Fantilli makes it a 1-goal game 1:27 into the 3rd as he cuts the Islanders lead to 4-3. Has recorded his 1st career 2-goal/3-point game tonight with points on all 3 #CBJ goals. Emil Bemstrom and Jake Bean pick up the assists.
#CBJ Fantilli with his second goal of the night - third point - to pull the Blue Jackets back within one. Fantilli cruises into the low slot and Jake Bean finds him in front. 4-3 now at 1:27 of the third.
Fantilli ... first two-goal game of his NHL career. It's 4-3 #Isles now, as the #CBJ are the ones pushing while behind. Islanders have had their own struggles blowing leads in the third this season. Is another one in the offing?
π¨ #CBJ goal: Adam Fantilli Mo gets his second of the night, and it's a quick finish as the puck squirts free to the slot and he's there to slam it past Varlamov. Three points for Fantilli and it's a 4-3 game with 18:32 to go. Isles fans getting nervous...
#Isles up 2 heading to the third... https://t.co/KH5DY6QYzW
Islanders score twice in the final 1:09 of the 2nd period and lead #CBJ 4-2 after 40 minutes at UBS Arena.
End of two periods here in Elmont, NY and it's #Isles over #CBJ 4-2 after three goals for the Islanders in the last 5:30 of the period. That just can't happen. Ah, but it did ... and does.
#Isles lead 4-2 after two periods.
#Isles with two goals in just 29 seconds, this one on the power play. It's 4-2 now with 40.2 remaining in the second. Beautiful sequence of passing ends with Palmieri slamming it home from the doorstep.
#Isles 1-1 on the PP and up 4-2 with 40.2 seconds to go in the second. Palmieri with a redirection goal near the crease.
Islanders score twice in 29 seconds and now it's 4-2. This one is a power-play goal, and a great passing play by New York finds Palmieri alone at the back post. This escalated quickly. #CBJ
#Isles take a 3-2 lead late in the second period. Barzal right place, right time when a slapshot goes off a skate in front of the #CBJ net. Buries from distance before Martin can respond.
Islanders take a 3-2 lead with 1:09 left in the second. A shot from the right point gets blocked but goes to Barzal in the left circle, and he beats Martin to the post. Out of nothing, the Isles go on top. #CBJ
Mathew Barzal, the shooter, gives #Isles a 3-2 lead at 18:51 of the second. Puck came to him in the left circle and he had a good look at the net.
Another #CBJ blown lead. At least it wasn't third period. That's the Jackets' 22nd blown lead of the season, overall, in their 28th game. Those leads span 18 games.
Islanders tie the game 2-2 with 5:30 to play in the 2nd. Clutterbuck with the goal. #CBJ
Fantilli has 1-1-2 in this one with his goal there and the primary assist on Bemstrom's goal. #CBJ
#CBJ Fantilli, who assisted on Bemstrom's 1-1 goal, rips a one-timer home from the right circle to make it 2-1 #CBJ at the midpoint of the second period.
Fantilli just did some incredible stuff there ... capped by his sixth goal of the season to put the #CBJ up 2-1 on #Isles with 9:49 left 2nd.
#Isles give up another goal from same spot as Bemstrom's. Fantilli left open low right circle off the rush, 2-1 #CBJ at 10:11 of the second.
Fantilli and Johnson with the assists on Bemstrom's goal. #CBJ
Emil Bemstrom ties the game at 1-1 with his 4th of the season 5:54 into the 2nd period. Adam Fantilli and Kent Johnson pick up the assists on the goal. #CBJ
Marchand gets credit for the Bruins goal.
Bruins get one back as a Brad Marchand shot bounces off Erik Johnson and into the Buffalo net. Bruins make it a 2-1 game as Marchand has now scored the last five consecutive goals for the Boston Bruins dating back to last Saturday
#NHLBruins captain Brad Marchand scores 38 ticks after #LetsGoBuffalo forward Tage Thompson scored, and it's 2-1 Sabres. Marchand has now scored the last five goals for the Bruins dating back to his OTW against #LeafsForever last Saturday. @BOSHockeyNow
#Isles have allowed a breakaway and a 2-on-1 in the opening 5 minutes of the second period.
Back for the second. #Isles up 1-0 over #CBJ.
#Isles 1-0 after one period.
#CBJ down 1-0 after the first period against the Islanders. Jackets looked like a team battling illness and injuries for the first five minutes, then played some pretty good hockey.
End of one #Isles 1 (Engvall) #CBJ 0 Blue Jackets up on shots 11-9. I'm not getting suckered by these teams. Feel like nothing that happens before the third period really counts, given their history.
8:27 to play in the first. #Isles up 1-0.
Islanders strike first. Engvall scores 4:00 into the game for a 1-0 lead over #CBJ.
Pierre Engvall. His third goal in four games gives the #Isles a 1-0 with 16:00 to play in the first. Sneaky pass from Noah Dobson to find Engvall all alone.
Isles get on the board as Pierre Engvall gets open at the back post and scores exactly 4:00 into he game. Andrew Peeke tried to clear but it went to the wall, not out, and the Isles took advantage. 1-0.
Ahead of #Isles vs. #CBJ, the latest @thehockeynews
Time for some #Isles hockey... https://t.co/14ImY9grsC
Hockey here tonight β¦ #CBJ @ #Isles https://t.co/xMamqU0sIK
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#Isles (10-7-7) continue a season-long, six-game homestand tonight against #CBJ (8-14-5). Puck drop at 7:30 PM ET @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/wkCBgSflgj https://t.co/wkCBgSflgj
Both #Isles and #CBJ, who play tonight at UBS Arena, had three-goal leads in the third period of their last game. Isles, of course, wound up losing 5-4 in OT to Sharks on Tuesday Blue Jackets lost 4-3 in OT to the Kings on Tuesday. That's not common.
#Isles have blown a lead in the 3rd period 11 times this season, which includes blowing a lead twice 2 times (CGY, CAR), owning a record of 3-1-5. Here's a breakdown of who has been on the ice when NYI has allowed the tying goals in the 3rd: https://t.co/DhFKmPGucc
#CBJ going on the power play now at 8:46 of the third period. #NHLBruins Beecher off for tripping Boqvist.
#NHLBruins captain Brad Marchand with a natural hat trick in 5:50. @BOSHockeyNow
Marchand scores his 2nd power play goal of the night and a hat trick for a 3-1 Bruins lead with 12:14 to play. #CBJ
Now Marchand draws a tripping penalty carrying the puck in the #CBJ zone ... Gaudreau off to the box. Fifth PP of the game for #NHLBruins, who lead 2-1.
#NHLBruins take a 2-1 lead. Marchand a wrister from high in the zone. Beat #CBJ Martin's glove. Bruins go ahead at 5:37 of the third
Marchand with a power play goal for his 2nd of the night to give the Bruins their 1st lead of the game. 2-1 with 14:23 left to play. #CBJ
Brad Marchand, again. 2-1 Bruins!
#NHLBruins score off the rush at 1:56 of the third. Marchand from the right circle, set up by a brilliant pass from Heinen. 1-1
Bruins tie the game 1:56 into the 3rd. Brad Marchand with the goal to make it 1-1. #CBJ
Hockey being played again, 3rd period, #CBJ 1-0 over #NHLBruins
#CBJ lead 1-0 after 40 minutes of play following the late goal by Jenner as Mathieu Olivier and Zach Werenski pick up the assists on the goal. Bruins lead 21-18 in shots.
#CBJ Boone Jenner, with his 13th goal of the season, a short ripper from the right doorstep with 35 seconds remaining in the second. #CBJ 1-0. Olivier with a primary assist, setting up Jenner across the goalmouth.
#CBJ captain Boone Jenner notches his team-leading 13th of the season on the rebound with 35 seconds left in the 2nd. 1-0 Blue Jackets.
#CBJ Provorov just got whacked in the face. Highsticking. #NHLBruins Pastrnak off at 7:16 of the second. First #CBJ power play.
#CBJ getting the third straight penalty. Texier off for slashing at 2:56. #NHLBruins back to the power play.
Here's the other issue when you can't possess the puck ... you take penalties while defending in your own zone. Texier off for slashing, putting #NHLBruins on the power play for the third time in the game. Score 0-0 at 2:56 of the 2nd. #CBJ has to have another big PK here.
#NHLBruins will likely score here if the #CBJ continue to just defend the slot and allow free passing around the perimeter. They'll eventually get the puck to the net and bang one home or hit a cross-ice pass for a one-timer. We've seen this movie before.
#CBJ and #NHLBruins 0-0 after one
End of one in Boston and it's 0-0, #CBJ with the edge in shots (8-7). Jackets also killed two Bruins power plays.
#CBJ pushing back with a few strong shifts in a row, spent mostly in #NHLBruins zone. But still scoreless. Final minute of the first.
Time to head home. Thanks to everyone who read @TheHockeyNews and interacted on here this past week. #Isles, who are in a playoff spot after 4-3 win over #TimeToHunt, are off today. Face #SJSharks Tuesday night. https://t.co/fBL5qS7zHA
Brad Marchand lifts the Bruins over the Maple Leafs in overtime βοΈ π₯ @ConorRyan_93 https://t.co/E3p8vJTfRD
And Brad Marchand is back. Wow! #NHLBruins #LeafsForever @BOSHockeyNow
Marchand, 4-3 Bruins #Leafs
#Isles are 5-1-1 in their last 7 games and are currently occupying the second wild-card spot.
Without Barzal, #Isles defeat #TimeToHunt 4-3 to go 2-1-0 on their three-game road trip @TheHockeyNews https://t.co/X87oGva8xF https://t.co/X87oGva8xF
4:14 to play in the third. #Isles up 4-3.