The game between the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes will take place at UBS Arena on Sunday, April 23 at 1:00 PM ET.
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The New York Islanders will welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to UBS Arena for an NHL game on Sunday. The New York Islanders won 5-1 in their last game over the Hurricanes. The Islanders were locked in another tight game with the Carolina Hurricanes until a big goal late opened a record-setting scoring outburst and helped New York get a big home win after a pair of one-goal losses on the road.
Kyle Palmieri and Matt Martin scored 44 seconds apart late in the third period and the Islanders beat the Hurricanes 5-1 Friday night to cut their first-round series deficit to 2-1. Casey Cizikas, Scott Mayfield and Anders Lee also scored as New York got four goals in a 2:18 span late — the fastest four goals in Stanley Cup playoff history — to pull away. Ilya Sorokin stopped 30 shots for the Islanders.
“We knew every game would be a battle,” Palmieri said. “We stuck with it and found a way to come through at the end.” The Islanders had two power plays in the first half of the third period, but couldn’t manage many scoring chances. Raanta then denied an in-close try from Bo Horvat with 6 1/2 minutes remaining to keep it tied 1-1. The Hurricanes goalie then made a sliding, sprawling save on a try by Noah Dobson about 40 seconds later.
The Carolina Hurricanes on the other hand lost 5-1 against the Islanders in their last game. Jesper Fast scored for the Hurricanes and Antti Raanta finished with 32 saves. “It’s a tough ending,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “It was a close game and then got away there at the end. We’ll regroup and come back the next one.” Game 4 is back at the UBS Arena on Sunday.
The Hurricanes pulled Raanta for an extra skater with about 2 1/2 minutes remaining and Mayfield scored a long empty-netter with 1:49 left. With the goalie back in, Lee added to the lead 16 seconds later and the Islanders made playoff history with the four-goal outburst. “I thought we were playing really well,” Cizikas said of the Islanders’ play leading up to the scoring burst. “We were doing what we set out to do from the start. We didn’t shy away from it. And we kept rolling four lines, we kept going after them.”
A game that was physical from the start saw a lot of pushing and shoving in the final minute, with Lee and Carolina’s Jalen Chatfield earning misconduct penalties. Carolina had three power plays over an 11 1/2-minute stretch carrying over from the final minute of the first period into the middle of the second, but mustered only three shots on goal during the advantages.
Casey Cizikas – Scott Mayfield – Kyle Palmieri
Ryan Pulock – Sebastian Aho – Anders Lee
Matt Martin – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Mathew Barzal
Cal Clutterbuck – Noah Dobson
Pierre Engvall – Hudson Fasching
Bo Horvat – Brock Nelson
Zach Parise – Adam Pelech
Alexander Romanov
Ilya Sorokin
Jesper Fast – Jordan Staal – Sebastian Aho
Brent Burns – Jalen Chatfield – Jack Drury
Shayne Gostisbehere – Seth Jarvis – Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Jordan Martinook – Martin Nečas
Stefan Noesen – Brett Pesce
Jesse Puljujärvi – Antti Raanta
Brady Skjei – Jaccob Slavin
Paul Stastny
Derek Stepan
New York Islanders: Oliver Wahlstrom
Carolina Hurricanes: Teuvo Teravainen, Max Pacioretty, Ondrej Kase, Andrei Svechnikov, Jake Gardiner
The game between the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes will take place at UBS Arena on Sunday, April 23 at 1:00 PM ET.
The match between the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes will be telecast live on Fox Sports Carolinas, Bally Sports South, TNT, MSG Sportsnet.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Fox Sports Carolinas, Bally Sports South, TNT, MSG Sportsnet. | April 23 (1:00 PM ET) |
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