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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The New York Islanders reversed a two-goal deficit and a season-long trend against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Dave Scatchard and Bill Muckalt scored third-period goals as the
Islanders rallied to tie the Blue Jackets 3-3 Saturday night.
"It would have been easy to fold," said Islanders coach Lorne
Henning, whose team is 1-35-1-2 this season when trailing after two
periods.
The Islanders' penalty-killing unit played a huge role in the
comeback from a 3-1 deficit. New York stymied the Blue Jackets on
10 power plays, including two-man advantage for 1:38 in the third
period.
Islanders goalie Chris Terreri made five saves during that span.
He finished with 29 saves and is 1-0-1 since being acquired in a
trade Tuesday.
"The penalty killing was phenomenal," Henning said.
The Blue Jackets took a 3-1 lead on goals by Kevin Dineen and
Robert Kron in a 45-second span late in the second period.
Scatchard scored his 17th goal of the season, a tip-in at 1:09
of the third period, as the Islanders closed within 3-2. Muckalt
tied the game at 8:40 when he redirected the puck in the slot after
taking a centering pass from Claude Lapointe on a 2-on-1 rush.
Martin Spanhel of Columbus and Steve Martins of New York also scored.
Marc Denis made 22 saves, including three in overtime, for Columbus, which is 6-1-2-2 in its last 11 home games.
The Islanders, playing the second game of a seven-game road
trip, are unbeaten in their last three road games.
Spanhel scored his first NHL goal at 8:19 of the first period.
Martins tied the game at 10:12 of the opening period, ending a span
of 136:43 during which Columbus hadn't given up a goal.
Blue Jackets goalie Ron Tugnutt had posted back-to-back 3-0
shutouts in the team's last two games.
"We knew they were playing their third game in four nights. Obviously, we wanted to use it to our advantage," Islanders forward Mariusz Czerkawski said.
Dineen deflected a shot by Mattias Timander for Columbus to make it 2-1 at 15:26 of the second period. Dineen has 350 goals in his
17-year career.
Kron scored his eighth goal of the season.
Game notes
Columbus is 14-4-4-1 when scoring a power-play goal at home. ... Espen Knutsen assisted on Kron's goal and has 15 points
(4 goals, 11 assists) in his last 13 games. ... Entering the game, seven Blue Jackets have set career highs in points this season: Jamie Pushor (13), Jamie Heward (19), Serge Aubin (29), Timander (10), Knutsen (45), Tyler Wright (24) and Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (5). ... Columbus finished 1-0-1 against the Islanders and has won its season series against eight teams.
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