"Minnesota struck first and kept pressing. Ben Jones opened the scoring early in the first period with his first NHL goal, and the Wild carried the emotional edge of playing their first home game since before Christmas. Every time the Islanders found their footing, Minnesota pushed back, taking a one-goal lead three separate times through the first two periods. And every time, the Islanders answered."
"Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Casey Cizikas each scored with Cizikas' short-handed goal late in the second period being the play of the game before Holmstrom's game-winner as he finished a hard-earned 2-on-1, finishing by slipping the puck through Filip Gustavsson's pads to knot the game at 3-3 on a feed from Holmstrom. The third period belonged entirely to Ilya Sorokin. Minnesota threw everything they had at him, firing 17 shots in a frantic, scoreless frame."
Simon Holmstrom scored 1:34 into overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 4-3 road win over the Minnesota Wild. Minnesota opened the scoring when Ben Jones recorded his first NHL goal early in the first period. Minnesota took one-goal leads three different times through the first two periods, but the Islanders answered each time. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Casey Cizikas scored, with Cizikas adding a short-handed goal late in the second period. Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves in a scoreless third period, standing tall and allowing the team to reach overtime. The Islanders improved to 3-0-1 in their last four games.
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