NY Islanders 3, Minnesota 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, April 4, 2025
Where: UBS Arena, Elmont, New York
Referees:
Brandon Blandina, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso, James Tobias
Attendance:
15742
By Field Level Media
Defenseman Noah Dobson had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Islanders to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night in Elmont, N.Y.
Casey Cizikas and Simon Holmstrom also scored for the Islanders (33-32-10, 76 points), who snapped a six-game losing streak (0-4-2). Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves.
Mats Zuccarello provided the offense for the Wild (41-29-7, 89 points), who lost their fourth in a row (0-2-2). Filip Gustavsson stopped 24 shots.
After a scoreless first period, the teams combined for three goals in the first five minutes of the second. The result was a 2-1 New York lead.
Zuccarello got the game's first goal when he banked a shot in off Sorokin's head from behind the net 1:42 into the middle period.
It took only 36 seconds for the Islanders to answer when Cizikas tipped in Dobson's shot from the right point.
Holmstrom gave New York the 2-1 lead 4:02 into the second when, off the rush, his intended pass went into the net off Minnesota's Frederick Gaudreau.
A power-play goal gave the Islanders a two-goal lead 3:36 into the third period. Dobson scored on a one-time slap shot from above the left circle for his first power-play marker of the season.
Wild defenseman Jake Middleton had to be helped off the ice and to the locker room after he was pushed into the boards behind the Minnesota net headfirst by Bo Horvat, who was assessed a boarding minor penalty with 8:56 left in the second period. Middleton did not return.
Minnesota outshot New York 11-4 in the first period and had the last seven shots of the period.
Sorokin was forced to make a good stop on Yakov Trenin's tip late in the first, and Gustavsson thwarted Holmstrom cutting off the right wing a little more than four minutes into the contest.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Minnesota |
|
NY Islanders |
|
Mats Zuccarello 1 |
Points |
Noah Dobson 2 |
|
Mats Zuccarello 1 |
Goals |
Noah Dobson 1 |
|
Marcus Johansson 1 |
Assists |
Noah Dobson 1 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Noah Dobson 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Filip Gustavsson .889 |
Save Percentage |
Ilya Sorokin .964 |
|
Filip Gustavsson 24 |
Saves |
Ilya Sorokin 27 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Minnesota
|
28 |
1 |
0-2 |
2-3 |
6 |
23 |
| NY Islanders
|
27 |
3 |
1-3 |
2-2 |
4 |
27 |
Upcoming Games
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NY Islanders will play their next game at home against Washington. The Islanders have a W/L % of .424 after a win and .452 after a loss.
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Minnesota will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Wild have a W/L % of .548 after a win and .514 after a loss.
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