"Bo Horvat knows big goals, the latest of which came on Saturday night with his overtime winner against the San Jose Sharks when he slid a breakaway chance off a feed from Matthew Schaefer under the pads of Yaroslav Askarov. Perhaps the New York Islanders do not possess a more clutch player than the star center."
"This has been a theme of Horvat's all season, though. Along with his two overtime winners, he has six go-ahead goals scored in the third period and six game-winners overall. Only four players in the NHL (Steven Stamkos, Dylan Larkin, Cole Caufield, and Brock Nelson) have more."
"He has 27 goals in 50 games, which is an 82-game pace of 44 goals. That would have made him just the fourth Islander in the last 30 seasons (Zigmund Palffy, Jason Blake, Anders Lee) to reach the 40-goal mark."
Bo Horvat scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the New York Islanders against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night, sliding a breakaway past goaltender Yaroslav Askarov. This was his second overtime winner of the season, following a previous overtime victory against Pittsburgh on February 3. The goal halted a two-game losing streak at the start of the Islanders' west-coast road trip. Horvat has established himself as an elite clutch performer, with six go-ahead third-period goals and six game-winners overall this season. Despite missing 14 games due to injuries, he has scored 27 goals in 50 games, maintaining a 0.54 goals-per-game pace that would project to 44 goals over 82 games, potentially making him the fourth Islander in 30 years to reach 40 goals.
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