nhl Game Recap
Recap - Islanders Defeat Tampa Bay 6-2
The Islanders earned a 6-2 victory over the Lightning on Thursday at UBS Arena.
New York was favored by -152 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Noah Dobson, Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, Casey Cizikas, Ryan Pulock, and Kyle Palmieri each scored for the Islanders in the victory. Dobson opened the scoring for New York.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 18 of 20 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Nikita Kucherov, and Brandon Hagel scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Ilya Sorokin.
Jonas Johansson stopped 18 of 24 shots for the Lightning, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
New York scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to New York by a margin of 24-20.
New York heads into a battle against the Flames. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against Columbus.