The game between the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes will take place at UBS Arena on Friday, April 28 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The New York Islanders will welcome the Carolina Hurricanes to UBS Arena for an NHL game on Friday. The Islanders won 2-3 in their last game over the Hurricanes. The New York Islanders were ready to capitalize, both on a bizarre bounce of the puck and mistakes by the Carolina Hurricanes. That was enough to keep them alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Brock Nelson scored by knocking in an airborne puck that had bounced off the face of Carolina’s Sebastian Aho, and the Islanders added two goals following turnovers to beat the Hurricanes 3-2 on Tuesday night and extend their first-round playoff series.
The Islanders trailed 3-1 in the best-of-seven series, but staved off elimination by scoring the game’s first two goals and never trailing while playing in front of a rowdy crowd eager to see the Hurricanes become the first team to advance to this year’s second round. “We believe in one another, we believe in this group and what we can do and how we can play,” Islanders captain Anders Lee said. “That was no different coming into this evening. … We came in tonight and played a very solid hockey game and put everything on the line.”
Mathew Barzal had the winner, taking a turnover by Martin Necas the other way to beat Antti Raanta late in the second period for a 3-1 lead. Carolina closed to within one midway through the third, but Ilya Sorokin and the Islanders tenaciously held that lead as the Hurricanes ran extended zone time with an empty-net attacker desperately seeking a late equalizer.
The Carolina Hurricanes on the other hand lost 2-3 against the Islanders in their last game. Aho — who exited briefly after Nelson’s goal — and Paul Stastny scored for the Hurricanes, who were coming off a 5-2 win that ended an eight-game postseason road losing streak dating to 2021.Â
The Hurricanes certainly would’ve preferred to close this one out Tuesday considering how they’re grinding forward with an injury-depleted group of forwards — including top names like Andrei Svechnikov (season-ending knee injury) and Teuvo Teravainen (broken hand suffered in Game 2).Â
Aho’s score off a behind-the-net feed from Seth Jarvis cut the deficit to 3-2 midway through the third period. But the Hurricanes came up short on a night that included the Islanders successfully challenging a first-period put-away on Stefan Noesen’s one-timer for coming on an uncalled offsides as Carolina pushed into the zone with the man advantage.
Pierre Engvall – Brock Nelson – Mathew BarzalÂ
Bo Horvat – Kyle Palmieri – Sebastian AhoÂ
Casey Cizikas – Cal Clutterbuck – Noah DobsonÂ
Hudson Fasching – Anders LeeÂ
Matt Martin – Scott MayfieldÂ
Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Zach PariseÂ
Adam Pelech – Ryan PulockÂ
Alexander RomanovÂ
Ilya Sorokin
Sebastian Aho – Jalen Chatfield – Seth JarvisÂ
Jesperi Kotkaniemi – Jesse Puljujärvi – Paul StastnyÂ
Brent Burns – Jesper Fast – Shayne GostisbehereÂ
MacKenzie MacEachern – Jordan MartinookÂ
Martin NeÄŤas – Stefan NoesenÂ
Brett Pesce – Antti RaantaÂ
Brady Skjei – Jaccob SlavinÂ
Jordan StaalÂ
Derek Stepan
New York Islanders: Oliver Wahlstrom
Carolina Hurricanes: Jack Drury, Max Pacioretty, Ondrej Kase, Teuvo Teravainen, Andrei Svechnikov, Jake Gardiner
The game between the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes will take place at UBS Arena on Friday, April 28 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes will be telecast live on Bally Sports South, Fox Sports South, TBS, MSG, MSG Sportsnet, ESPN2.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports South, Fox Sports South, TBS, MSG, MSG Sportsnet, ESPN2. | April 28 (7:00 PM ET) |
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