Noah Dobson, Bo Horvat, and Maxim Tsyplakov scored in a quick 2:19 stretch for the New York Islanders, who held off a late push from the Chicago Blackhawks to win 5-4 on Thursday in Elmont, N.Y.
Dennis Cholowski and Simon Holmstrom also scored for the Islanders in the second period. Ilya Sorokin, the Islanders’ goalie, made 26 saves in the win. Holmstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (three assists) both had three-point games, and Dobson finished with two points.
For the Blackhawks, Connor Bedard scored in the first period, TJ Brodie added a goal in the third, and Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice in the final 1:10 of the third period. Bedard and Alex Vlasic each had two assists. Chicago’s goalie Arvid Soderblom stopped just 14 of 19 shots before being replaced by Drew Commesso, who saved both shots he faced in his NHL debut.
Bedard’s goal came with 3:13 left in the first period after a cross-checking penalty on Cholowski led to a power play. Kyle Palmieri almost intercepted a pass from Vlasic, but Ryan Donato collected the puck and passed to Bedard, who skated around Islanders defenders Ryan Pulock and Alexander Romanov before scoring.
Cholowski made up for the penalty by scoring at 6:59 of the second period, beating Soderblom glove-side after a power play expired. Holmstrom gave the Islanders the lead at 5:54 of the second, skating past Blackhawks defenseman Kevin Korchinski and shooting past Soderblom, who was screened by Brodie and Pageau.
The Islanders started the third period strong with Dobson’s goal at 5:39. He skated into the left faceoff circle after receiving a pass from Brock Nelson and fired a shot past Soderblom. Horvat followed with a goal 57 seconds later, taking a pass from Pageau and shooting over Soderblom’s stick.
Tsyplakov added another goal at 7:58, putting in the rebound of a shot from Palmieri. Brodie answered for the Blackhawks with his first goal of the season at 11:04, shooting under Sorokin’s glove. Bertuzzi then scored twice in the last minute of the game, once with 1:10 remaining and again with just 9.7 seconds left.
