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When it was over, proper after his shot ended the sport, Seth Jones celebrated with a small grin.
“I used to be in shock. I used to be like, wow, one truly went in,” the defenseman mentioned.
Jones scored his first aim of the season 22 seconds into extra time, lifting the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the struggling New York Islanders on Friday evening.
Jason Dickinson had a aim and two assists for the last-place Hawks, which had dropped 4 of 5. Joey Anderson and Boris Katchouk additionally scored, and Petr Mrázek made 26 saves.
Jones’ wrist shot from the excessive slot beat Ilya Sorokin on the goaltender’s stick aspect.
“It was suiting for him to get that aim on the finish due to the way in which he performed defensively,” coach Luke Richardson mentioned.
“That’s an entire sport, in order that was nice to have him and hopefully that simply propels him into taking part in like that extra.”
Kyle Palmieri had a aim and an help for New York, which earned one level on a four-game journey. Brock Nelson and Bo Horvat additionally scored, and Ilya Sorokin had 20 stops.
The Islanders dropped to 2-6-2 of their final 10 video games.
“I don’t really feel the crew is anyplace close to the place it may be or needs to be,” New York coach Lane Lambert mentioned. “We now have some gamers on the crew that we clearly want extra from.”
The Hawks opened a 3-1 lead when Anderson made an ideal go to a streaking Dickinson, who tapped it in for his fifteenth aim 5:10 into the third interval. It was Dickinson’s first aim since his new two-year contract was introduced by the crew on Tuesday.
However the Islanders rallied on objectives by Palmieri and Horvat. Palmieri tied it at 3 along with his eleventh on the season, a wrapround with 7:10 left in regulation.
“I simply suppose it wasn’t adequate,” Horvat mentioned. “On the finish of the day it wasn’t an excellent journey for us.”
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The Blackhawks performed with out defenseman Connor Murphy and ahead Ryan Donato. Murphy missed his third straight sport with a lower-body damage, and Donato is recovering from an sickness that additionally sidelined him for Thursday evening’s 3-0 loss at Buffalo.
The Hawks had a scoreless streak of greater than 152 minutes earlier than Katchouk bought his fifth of the season 18:07 into the second interval, tying it at 1. Katchouk was denied on a breakaway on a poke examine by Sorokin, however he retrieved the puck, skated round and scored on a wrist shot from the excessive slot.
Anderson then completed a 2-on-1 with Colin Blackwell at 19:14, giving the Hawks a 2-1 lead. Anderson shot it over a sliding Sorokin for his first aim since April 10 towards Minnesota.
“We would have liked a sport like this,” Anderson mentioned. “It was nice. The compete degree was there the entire evening.”
New York had jumped in entrance on Nelson’s twentieth aim 6:09 into the primary interval. He scored on the Islanders’ first shot of the sport, beating Mrázek low on the goaltender’s glove aspect.
The 32-year-old Nelson has eight seasons with at the very least 20 objectives — all with New York.
Islanders ahead Kyle MacLean made his NHL debut after he was recalled from the minors on Wednesday. MacLean’s father, John, is an assistant coach with the Isles and a former NHL ahead.
