Printable Page
11/08 21:23 CST Bo Horvat scores twice as Islanders keep Rangers winless at
home with 5-0 rout
Bo Horvat scores twice as Islanders keep Rangers winless at home with 5-0 rout
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Bo Horvat scored twice to move into a tie for the NHL lead
and the New York Islanders kept the New York Rangers winless on home ice with a
5-0 victory over their biggest rival Saturday night.
Jonathan Drouin and Jean-Gabriel Pageau each added a goal and two assists for
the Islanders and Anders Lee also scored.
Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves as the Islanders ended a five-game losing streak to
the Rangers and won for the second time in the past 10 meetings with their
biggest rival.
Horvat moved into a tie with Sidney Crosby and Cutter Gauthier for the league
lead by scoring his 10th and 11th goals this season. Horvat had his third
multigoal game this season by finishing off a 2-on-1 with Emil Heineman with
9:31 left in the first period and scoring a power-play goal late in the second.
Drouin scored with 33 seconds left in the opening period when he finished off a
2-on-1 with Anthony Duclair. Drouin made a backhand pass from near the crease
for the Islanders' third goal when Horvat lifted a shot from the right circle
over goalie Igor Shesterkin.
Sorokin posted his second shutout of the season. He entered the game 3-6-2 with
a 3.46 goals-against average in 11 career games against the Rangers.
Sorokin posted his second career shutout against the Rangers and started it
with an arm save on Artemi Panarin in the opening minute. He also denied Mika
Zibanejad on two point-blank chances during a Rangers' power play shortly
before Horvat scored his second goal.
Up next Islanders: Visits New Jersey on Monday. Rangers: Hosts Nashville on Monday. ___ AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/hub/NHL |
