NEW YORK — Jason Robertson’s third profession hat trick lifted the Dallas Stars previous the New York Islanders 4-3 on Sunday evening for his or her third straight victory.
Jake Oettinger completed with 35 saves and Sam Metal additionally scored for Dallas, which held on after a late cost by the Islanders.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau appeared to tie it for New York within the closing minutes, however the referee dominated Pierre Engvall interfered with Oettinger and the purpose was disallowed.
Engvall, Kyle Palmieri and Anthony Duclair scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves, however the Islanders fell of their first recreation following the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off match.
Dallas defenseman Lian Bischel left late within the second interval and didn’t return after taking a examine to the pinnacle from the Islanders’ Casey Cizikas.
Palmieri tied it at 2 at 8:55 of the second, however Robertson scored two power-play objectives to finish the hat trick and provides the Stars a 4-2 edge.
Duclair pulled the Islanders inside a purpose when he collected a free puck and slid a backhander previous Oettinger at 9:17 of the third.
Takeaways
Stars: Dallas improved to 17-11-1 on the highway this season and have the third-most wins away from house within the Western Convention.
Islanders: Brock Nelson was the lone Islanders participant who participated within the 4 Nations Face-off, however New York appeared a step slower than Dallas, which defeated New Jersey 4-2 on Saturday.
Key second
Cizikas acquired a match penalty for his hit to Bischel’s head and Robertson scored twice on the man-advantage to present Dallas a two-goal benefit.
Key stat
New York fell to 13-19-3 when permitting the opening purpose. The Islanders additionally dropped to 16-21-6 when they didn’t rating a power-play purpose. … Nelson surpassed Pat LaFontaine for eighth on the Islanders’ profession scoring checklist with 567 factors.
Up subsequent
The Stars go to Columbus on Tuesday to wrap up a three-game highway journey and the Islanders host the cross-town rival New York Rangers on Tuesday.
By Scott Charles
