By SCOTT CHARLES
Lucas Raymond scored the go-ahead aim within the third interval and the Detroit Purple Wings rallied to beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Monday evening.
Dylan Larkin and Moritz Seider additionally scored for Detroit, whereas Alex Lyon completed with 28 saves. Simon Edvinsson added an empty-netter within the last minute.
Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri scored for New York, which led 2-1 after two intervals. Semyon Varlamov made 17 saves because the Islanders misplaced for the fourth time of their final 5 video games (1-3-1).
Larkin corralled a puck exterior the crease and fired a wrist shot previous Varlamov whereas spinning round to even the rating at 2-2 halfway by way of the third interval.
Raymond put the Purple Wings forward when he deflected Edvinsson’s shot previous Varlamov 2:33 after Larkin’s aim.
Palmieri scored his team-leading tenth of the season which gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead at 7:42 of the second interval.
TAKEAWAYS
Purple Wings: Seider snapped a 16-game goalless drought within the second interval. Detroit signed the defenseman to a seven-year, $59.85 million contract in September, which has a mean annual worth of $8.55 million.
Islanders: New York failed to guard a third-period lead for the fourth time in 5 video games.
KEY MOMENT
Purple Wings ahead Christian Fischer blocked Noah Dobson’s slap shot whereas the Islanders had an additional attacker on the ice within the last minute as Detroit protected its 3-2 lead. The Islanders pulled their goalie for the additional attacker for the ultimate three minutes however failed to attain.
KEY STAT
The Islanders entered the sport with a penalty kill working beneath 50% on house ice, however didn’t give up a power-play aim in three alternatives Monday. Detroit got here into the sport with a top-10 power-play unit.
UP NEXT
The Purple Wings host the Calgary Flames and the Islanders play host to the Boston Bruins, each on Wednesday evening.
