The Islanders entered the game as the lone NHL team without a point after three games. A 4-2 win over the Oilers at UBS Arena ended that streak and lifted the team's burden. Bo Horvat scored shorthanded, on the power play, and added an empty-netter for his second career hat trick. David Rittich made 31 saves in his first start for the Islanders, including a pivotal stop on Connor McDavid during a late second-period power play. Mathieu Darche received the game puck in his first victory as general manager. Matthew Schaefer logged a secondary assist and became the youngest player to start a career with a four-game point streak.
"The postgame dressing room was raucous, first in celebrating Mathieu Darche's first victory as Islanders general manager - he received the game puck - as well as for Bo Horvat's second career hat trick, done the unorthodox way. Then there was David Rittich's 31 saves in his first start for the Islanders, including a game-changing stop on Connor McDavid's power-play try at the crease late in the second period with the score tied at 2-2."
""Darchy got the game puck," said Horvat, who scored shorthanded and on the power play and added an empty-netter for his first hat trick since Oct. 22, 2019, when he was with the Canucks. "We're really happy to give him that one. He deserved it. It's a stepping stone toward what's to come." No Islanders team had ever lost four consecutive games in regulation to open the season."
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