nhl Game Recap
Montreal Canadiens vs New York Islanders Wrap - New York Wins 4-2
New York earned a 4-2 victory over Montreal behind a 2-goal performance from Brock Nelson on Wednesday at UBS Arena.
New York was favored by -322 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Brock Nelson(2), Hudson Fasching, and Anders Lee each scored for the Islanders in the victory. Nelson opened the scoring for New York.
Ilya Sorokin turned in a 17-save effort for the Islanders.
Nick Suzuki, and Rem Pitlick scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Ilya Sorokin.
Sam Montembeault stopped 31 of 35 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, New York went 1-for-3, while the Canadiens were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
New York outshot Montreal 35-19 in the game.