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10/16 21:16 CDT Bo Horvat has a hat trick as the Islanders beat the Oilers 4-2
for their 1st win this season
Bo Horvat has a hat trick as the Islanders beat the Oilers 4-2 for their 1st
win this season
By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Bo Horvat tied it short-handed in the second period, scored
the go-ahead goal on the power play and finished off the hat trick with an
empty-netter with 8.1 seconds left to help the New York Islanders pick up their
first win of the season by rallying to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on
Thursday night.
Seven seconds after Trent Frederic high-sticked Matthew Schaefer, Horvat beat
Stuart Skinner with 4:46 left to bring fans --- some of whom were booing the
home team earlier --- to their feet. Mat Barzal had the Islanders' first goal
and the primary assist on Horvat's game-winner, while David Rittich stopped 30
of the 32 shots he faced at the other end of the ice in his Islanders debut.
Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard gave the puck away on an inexplicable turnover
in the neutral zone to set up Barzal's goal and was the last player back on the
power play who let Horvat past him for a breakaway on Skinner. Bouchard, who is
the fourth-highest-paid player at his position in the NHL and tied for 14th
among all players at a salary cap hit of $10.5 million, also coughed the puck
up to cause several quality scoring chances against.
Leon Draisaitl scored on the power play, his third goal this season, off a feed
from Connor McDavid, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had Edmonton's other goal. Skinner
was hardly to blame in allowing three goals on 24 shots as teammates hung him
out to dry on multiple occasions with mistakes all over in a back-and-forth,
fast-paced game, including Frederic's ill-timed penalty.
The Islanders will take the two points however they can get them after opening
with losses at Pittsburgh and at home to Washington and Winnipeg. Schaefer,
playing against McDavid for the first time as No. 1 draft picks a decade apart,
skated 17:38 in his fourth game in the league.
Up next
Oilers: Visit the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
Islanders: Visit the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
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