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Vancouver Canucks vs New York Islanders Recap - Canucks Win 4-3

The Islanders came up short Thursday against the Canucks, falling 4-3.

Vancouver won as a -103 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Vancouver got goals from Nils Hoglander, Brad Hunt, J.T. Miller, and Vasily Podkolzin in the victory. Hunt opened the scoring at 7:19 of the second period.

Thatcher Demko stopped 24 of 27 New York shots in the victory.

New York got goals from Anthony Beauvillier, Kyle Palmieri, and Noah Dobson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

New York got a 34-stop effort from Semyon Varlamov in the loss.

Vancouver scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while New York went 0-for-0 with the man advantage.

New York lost the shots on goal battle to Vancouver by a margin of 38-27.

Next game, Vancouver takes its act on the road to face Toronto looking for another win. For New York, they head home to face St. Louis.