"The New York Islanders survived a chaotic finish and earned a 5-4 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday night, thanks to Emil Heineman, who buried the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout. The Isles allowed the tying goal with just 14 seconds left in regulation, when Pavel Dorofeyev jammed in the equalizer for Vegas. Moments later, a high-sticking penalty on Kyle MacLean forced the Isles to kill a late Vegas power play, but Ilya Sorokin held firm."
""Big saves when we need it. It gives our group some life, some juice, when he's making saves like that. He's locked in and gives us a lot of confidence." Pulock earned his team-leading 15th assist in the game and was awarded the Iron Man mask by his teammates for the first time this season. Sorokin was superb throughout, stopping 33 shots in regulation and overtime before denying all four Golden Knights attempts in the shootout."
Emil Heineman scored the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the New York Islanders to a 5-4 win over the Vegas Golden Knights. Pavel Dorofeyev jammed in the equalizer with 14 seconds remaining in regulation, and a high-sticking penalty on Kyle MacLean forced a late penalty kill. Ilya Sorokin stopped 33 shots through regulation and overtime and denied all four Golden Knights attempts in the shootout, his eighth straight win when facing 30 or more shots. The Islanders rallied from a 2-0 deficit with goals from Marc Gatcomb, Simon Holmstrom and Bo Horvat, who scored twice. Ryan Pulock recorded a team-leading 15th assist and received the Iron Man mask. Vegas scored through Ivan Barbashev, Mitch Marner and Noah Hanifin, while Carter Hart made 23 saves.
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