nhl Game Recap
New York Skates Past Tampa Bay 3-2 - Recap
The Islanders earned a 3-2 victory over the Lightning on Saturday at Amalie Arena.
Bettors who backed the Islanders were rewarded as +145 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 6.0.
New York got goals from Adam Boqvist, Tony DeAngelo, and Kyle Palmieri in the victory. Boqvist opened the scoring at 18:16 of the second period.
Ilya Sorokin stopped 28 of 30 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Tampa Bay got goals from Jake Guentzel, and Nikita Kucherov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Tampa Bay got a 33-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
On the power play, New York went 0-for-1, while the Lightning were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
New York outshot Tampa Bay 36-30 in the game.
New York heads into a battle against the Panthers. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against Ottawa.