Overview
- Matthew Schaefer scored his second goal in overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 4-3 road win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.
- The Islanders killed all three Wild power plays and scored once on the man advantage, while Minnesota finished 0-for-3 on the power play, a decisive factor in the result.
- Minnesota rallied twice during regulation but could not hold a lead, with Jesper Wallstedt making 22 saves and Ilya Sorokin stopping 22 for the Islanders.
- Coach John Hynes said Jared Spurgeon is now considered week-to-week with a lower-body issue and Brock Faber has cleared return-to-play exercise and workout phases but still has no game timetable.
- The loss closed October for the Wild at 9-3-3 and piles pressure on their defensive depth as they begin a quick road swing, while the Islanders take a morale-boosting win and will monitor Ryan Pulock’s upper-body issue after he left the game early.