(Raleigh) Pierre Engvall and Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist each, Ilya Sorokin stopped 34 pucks and the New York Islanders defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in Game 5 of their first-round series. the National Hockey League on Tuesday night in Raleigh.
On the precipice after a 5-2 loss in front of their fans on Sunday, the Islanders managed to avoid elimination and force the presentation of a sixth game which will take place at UBS Arena on Friday evening.
Engvall scored the game’s first goal midway through the first period with help from Nelson. He added an assist on Nelson’s goal, which allowed the Islanders to build a 2-0 lead at 3:16 of the second period.
Mathew Barzal scored the eventual winner at 18:05 of the middle period, assisted by Bo Horvat.
Paul Stastny in the second period and Sebastian Aho midway through the third period hit the target for the Hurricanes, who failed to even the score after allowing the first two goals for the visitors.
In the loss, goalkeeper Antti Raanta blocked 19 shots.