Dec 13, 2023; Elmont, New York, USA; New York Islanders right wing Simon Holmstrom (10) celebrates his short handed game winning goal against the Anaheim Ducks with the New York Islanders bench during the third period at UBS Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Schneidler-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK (AP) — Simon Holmstrom scored the tiebreaking, short-handed goal late with 1:33 left in regulation and the New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.
Mathew Barzal, Kyle Palmieri, and Casey Cizikas also scored, and Noah Dobson had two assists to help the Islanders improve to 6-0-1 in their last seven games. Semyon Varlamov made 21 saves.
The Islanders are 9-1-4 in their last 14 games and trail the first-place New York Rangers by just four points in the Metropolitan Division.
Holmstrom skated down the left wing and whipped the puck past Ducks goaltender John Gibson for his eighth goal of the season as the Islanders improved to 6-0-1 in their last seven games. Jean-Gabriel Pageau assisted on the winning goal, Holmstrom’s league-leading fourth short-handed goal this season.
“It was awesome,” the 22-year-old Swede said of his heroics, the latest go-ahead short-handed goal in regulation time in Islanders history. “I tried to get some speed and just shot it.”
Troy Terry, Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick scored for Anaheim, which has lost four straight and 12 of 13. Gibson finished with 30 saves.
“We slept-walked through the first period and kind of got traction as the game went on. I thought we played a solid third period,” Ducks coach Greg Cronin said. ”We just fumbled the power play at the end. There’s not much to say.”
Carrick scored at 5:07 of the third with Anaheim’s third straight goal after New York took a 2-0 lead in the second period. It was Carrick’s sixth of the season.
Barzal tied the score 3-3 on a one-timer off a pass from Bo Horvat at 7:46. It was his 10th goal of the season and gave him a…
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