The San Jose Sharks had another disappointing performance as the New York Islanders won 4-1 on Saturday night.
Georgiev and the Sharks were playing an Islanders team that had lost five of its last eight games and entered eight points out of a playoff spot on Saturday. The Isles also ranked last in the NHL on both the penalty kill and the power play at 11.9% and penalty kill at 67.0%
The Islanders inducted Brent Sutter to the franchise’s Hall of Fame prior to the game. Sutter won two Stanley Cups with the Islanders and finished with 363 goals and 466 assists in his 19-year NHL career.
The New York Islanders (18-20-7) snapped their two-game skid with a 4-1 win over the lowly San Jose Sharks (14-28-6) on Saturday night. The Islanders fueled their win with a strong second period, scoring three goals.
EAST MEADOW, NY -- New York Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov has missed 13 games this season across three different stretches due to upper-body injuries. The Islanders have gone 4-7-2 without No. 28 in the lineup and will need him to stay healthy with his defense partner, Noah Dobson, out week-to-week with a lower-body injury:
Brock Nelson scored the go-ahead goal about midway through the second period Saturday night as the New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 in Elmont, N.Y.
- The Sharks are in eighth place in the Pacific Division with 34 points and a record of 14-27-6. San Jose is 1-4-0 in their last five games. - Mikael Granlund leads the Sharks in assists (25) and points (37) in his second season with San Jose.
Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1
On the night the Isles welcomed Brent Sutter into their Hall of Fames, a pair of long-term Islanders helped lead the way to a 4-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks ... from Noah Dobson and Ryan ...
Noah Dobson and Ryan Pulock also scored, Marcus Hogberg made 18 saves and the Islanders snapped a two-game skid.
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