Nelson scores 2 as Isles top Canadiens, clinch playoff berth

— Brock Nelson scored twice as the New York Islanders beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 Wednesday night and clinched a playoff berth.
Apr 12, 2023, 11:13 pm - AP
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Canadiens1102
Islanders2114
1st PeriodMTLNYI
10:26Brock Nelson (35)
Assists: Kyle Palmieri (17), Adam Pelech (15)
01
17:38Rem Pitlick (6)
Assists: Jake Evans (16)
11
18:57Hudson Fasching (10)
Assists: Zach Parise (13), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (27)
12
2nd PeriodMTLNYI
10:20Brock Nelson (36)
Assists: Noah Dobson (35), Scott Mayfield (18)
13
16:38Nick Suzuki (25) (Shorthanded)
Unassisted
23
3rd PeriodMTLNYI
16:00Anders Lee (28) (Power Play)
Assists: Sebastian Aho (18), Noah Dobson (36)
24

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Cal Clutterbuck hit Mike Matheson
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Bo Horvat Backhand Wide of Net
  • Giveaway by Bo Horvat
  • Noah Dobson Slap Shot Wide of Net
  • Giveaway by Pierre Engvall
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Casey Cizikas hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  • Anders Lee Snap Shot Off Goalpost
  • Sean Farrell shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  • Joel Edmundson shot blocked by Adam Pelech
  • Michael Pezzetta shot blocked by Matt Martin
  • Casey Cizikas Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Takeaway by Cal Clutterbuck
  • Matt Martin Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Chris Tierney
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Chris Tierney
  • Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Kyle Palmieri Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Kyle Palmieri hit Rem Pitlick
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Frederic Allard
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Casey Cizikas hit Chris Wideman
  • Brock Nelson Goal (35) Wrist Shot, assists: Kyle Palmieri (17), Adam Pelech (15)
  • Giveaway by Matt Martin
  • Cal Clutterbuck hit Jake Evans
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Giveaway by Samuel Bolduc
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Cal Clutterbuck hit Frederic Allard
  • Matt Martin hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  • Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  • Denis Gurianov shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  • Kyle Palmieri Backhand Wide of Net
  • Sean Farrell shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Mike Hoffman
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Takeaway by Adam Pelech
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau Deflected saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Chris Tierney
  • Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Jake Evans shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  • Frederic Allard shot blocked by Sebastian Aho
  • Zach Parise Tip-In Off Crossbar
  • Hudson Fasching Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Zach Parise (13), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (27)
  • Adam Pelech hit Justin Barron
  • Anders Lee hit Joel Armia
  • Takeaway by Casey Cizikas
  • Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Ryan Pulock
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Hudson Fasching Deflected Wide of Net
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Anders Lee Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Noah Dobson Wrist Shot Over Net
  • Kyle Palmieri Tip-In saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat Wrist Shot Off Goalpost
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Anders Lee Backhand Wide of Net
  • Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  • Adam Pelech hit Joel Armia
  • Giveaway by Casey Cizikas
  • Ryan Pulock hit Denis Gurianov
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Josh Bailey
  • Giveaway by Samuel Bolduc
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Cal Clutterbuck hit Johnathan Kovacevic
  • Brock Nelson faceoff won against Chris Tierney
  • Joel Edmundson shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Brock Nelson Goal (36) Tip-In, assists: Noah Dobson (35), Scott Mayfield (18)
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Brendan Gallagher
  • Mike Matheson shot blocked by Cal Clutterbuck
  • Takeaway by Hudson Fasching
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Giveaway by Anders Lee
  • Takeaway by Brock Nelson
  • Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Takeaway by Matt Martin
  • Takeaway by Sebastian Aho
  • Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Hudson Fasching
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau Roughing against Brendan Gallagher
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jake Evans
  • Bo Horvat Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Anders Lee Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Kyle Palmieri Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Kyle Palmieri Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Chris Tierney
  • Noah Dobson Wrist Shot Over Net
  • Anders Lee Hi-sticking against Justin Barron
  • Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
  • Casey Cizikas Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Adam Pelech Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Zach Parise Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Zach Parise Backhand saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
  • Ryan Pulock hit Sean Farrell
  • Giveaway by Anders Lee
  • Scott Mayfield Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
  • Adam Pelech Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Adam Pelech Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Brock Nelson Backhand Wide of Net
  • Giveaway by Kyle Palmieri
  • Matt Martin hit Nick Suzuki
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Chris Tierney
  • Takeaway by Josh Bailey
  • Brendan Gallagher shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  • Hudson Fasching hit Sean Farrell
  • Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Brock Nelson faceoff won against Chris Tierney
  • Mike Matheson shot blocked by Noah Dobson
  • Takeaway by Kyle Palmieri
  • Joel Edmundson shot blocked by Josh Bailey
  • Justin Barron shot blocked by Anders Lee
  • Matt Martin hit Rem Pitlick
  • Rem Pitlick shot blocked by Sebastian Aho
  • Mike Matheson shot blocked by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Cal Clutterbuck Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Noah Dobson Slap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Anders Lee Goal (28) Tip-In, assists: Sebastian Aho (18), Noah Dobson (36)
  • Takeaway by Anders Lee
  • Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jonathan Drouin
  • Anders Lee Backhand Wide of Net
  • Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  • Joel Armia shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  • Adam Pelech shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  • Samuel Bolduc shot blocked by Jake Evans
  • Jonathan Drouin hit Scott Mayfield
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  • Michael Pezzetta hit Sebastian Aho
  • Noah Dobson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  • Denis Gurianov Slap Shot Wide of Net
  • Matt Martin shot blocked by Justin Barron
  • Giveaway by Sam Montembeault
  • Sebastian Aho shot blocked by Justin Barron
  • Johnathan Kovacevic hit Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  • Denis Gurianov Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Giveaway by Johnathan Kovacevic
  • Joel Armia Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Chris Wideman hit Bo Horvat
  • Joel Teasdale hit Samuel Bolduc
  • Mike Matheson Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Brendan Gallagher faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  • Rem Pitlick Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Denis Gurianov Backhand Off Crossbar
  • Sean Farrell Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Anders Lee shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  • Adam Pelech shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  • Joel Armia Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Chris Tierney faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  • Joel Teasdale hit Samuel Bolduc
  • Michael Pezzetta Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Joel Teasdale Wrist Shot Off Goalpost
  • Brendan Gallagher Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Sean Farrell Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Giveaway by Mike Hoffman
  • Scott Mayfield shot blocked by Chris Tierney
  • Chris Tierney faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  • Michael Pezzetta hit Scott Mayfield
  • Takeaway by Jake Evans
  • Rem Pitlick Goal (6) Slap Shot, assists: Jake Evans (16)
  • Takeaway by Jonathan Drouin
  • Jean-Gabriel Pageau shot blocked by Joel Armia
  • Giveaway by Joel Edmundson
  • Mike Hoffman Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Chris Wideman hit Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  • Anders Lee shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  • Joel Edmundson Interference against Kyle Palmieri
  • Johnathan Kovacevic hit Kyle Palmieri
  • Jonathan Drouin faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
  • Frederic Allard Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Brendan Gallagher Deflected saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Giveaway by Chris Wideman
  • Rem Pitlick Slap Shot Off Goalpost
  • Giveaway by Justin Barron
  • Takeaway by Mike Matheson
  • Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  • Sebastian Aho shot blocked by Denis Gurianov
  • Giveaway by Frederic Allard
  • Frederic Allard Wrist Shot Wide of Net
  • Brock Nelson shot blocked by Joel Teasdale
  • Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Mike Matheson hit Matt Martin
  • Zach Parise shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  • Scott Mayfield shot blocked by Jonathan Drouin
  • Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  • Michael Pezzetta Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Michael Pezzetta hit Noah Dobson
  • Michael Pezzetta hit Sebastian Aho
  • Brendan Gallagher Roughing against Jean-Gabriel Pageau served by Sean Farrell
  • Brendan Gallagher Kneeing against Hudson Fasching
  • Nick Suzuki Goal (25) Backhand, assists: none
  • Denis Gurianov hit Scott Mayfield
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
  • Takeaway by Joel Armia
  • Joel Armia Deflected Wide of Net
  • Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
  • Giveaway by Joel Armia
  • Michael Pezzetta hit Ryan Pulock
  • Ryan Pulock shot blocked by Michael Pezzetta
  • Brock Nelson shot blocked by Mike Matheson
  • Adam Pelech shot blocked by Denis Gurianov
  • Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  • Justin Barron hit Pierre Engvall
  • Chris Tierney faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  • Michael Pezzetta hit Sebastian Aho
  • Jake Evans hit Cal Clutterbuck
  • Chris Tierney faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  • Giveaway by Sam Montembeault
  • Casey Cizikas shot blocked by Jake Evans
  • Johnathan Kovacevic Deflected Wide of Net
  • Giveaway by Denis Gurianov
  • Giveaway by Joel Teasdale
  • Casey Cizikas shot blocked by Jake Evans
  • Frederic Allard Slap Shot Wide of Net
  • Mike Hoffman Cross-checking against Zach Parise
  • Jake Evans faceoff won against Bo Horvat
  • Mike Hoffman Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  • Joel Armia hit Casey Cizikas
  • Denis Gurianov Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Takeaway by Johnathan Kovacevic
  • Mike Matheson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
  • Mike Matheson Snap Shot Wide of Net
  • Jonathan Drouin hit Adam Pelech
  • Sean Farrell Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
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