Islanders lose Game 3 to Hurricanes, 3-2, on the brink of elimination

NEW YORK (AP) – Defenders Brent Burns It is Dmitry Orlov got Carolina off to a quick start and the Hurricanes held on to beat New York Ilhéus 3-2 on Thursday night, with a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.

Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes and Andrey Svechnikov had two assists. Frederico Andersen stopped 29 shots. Carolina won for the eighth time in nine games at the UBS Arena, open for the 2021-22 season.

“We didn’t really play our way tonight, it wasn’t there,” Svechnikov said. “But we took the win and ran away.”

Brock Nelson It is Pierre Engval scored for the islanders. They are one loss away from being eliminated by Carolina in the first round for the second year in a row.

Ilya Sorokinstarting after Semyon Varlamov He played in the first two games, was suspended in the second period after conceding three goals on 14 shots. Varlamov came in and stopped all eight shots he faced.

“I thought it was a very competitive game, there weren’t many opportunities on both sides”, Islanders coach Patrick Roy he said. “We made a good push in the third. We had our chances and the puck wasn’t bouncing our way.”

Trailing 3-2 in the third period, New York pushed for the equalizer, beating Carolina 11-3, but were unable to score the equalizer.

“We knew this was going to happen, they were going to give everything they had,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour he said. “That’s exactly what happened, but obviously Freddy made some great saves and that’s the difference in the game.”

With the Hurricanes up 3-2, Andersen made a great save by falling back on a shot. Alexander Romanov about 6 and a half minutes into the third period. The puck was in the paint for a brief period before the goaltender covered it.

Andersen made another stellar save while sitting on the ice, reaching out to knock down a Romanov shot with 5:48 left.

“When you go down, you just try to steal one and see where the puck is,” he said. “You have to see it to have the chance to try to invent something. These are fun defenses.

Brind’Amour gave credit to the goalkeeper for always being poised no matter the situation.

“He was very, very smart,” he said. “Obviously, the difference in the game. This is his behavior. You can never really tell with him what kind of game it is.”

The Islanders brought in Varlamov for an extra skater with 1:55 left but couldn’t get the equalizer.

“Both teams fought, sometimes you’re just a jump away.” from New York Kyle Palmieri he said. “We just have to regroup and find a way in Game 4.”

Game 4 is Saturday in New York.

Trailing 2-0 after one period, the Islanders got on the scoreboard early in the second when Engvall received a pass in front of Anderson Lee and fired a shot between Andersen’s legs.

Aho restored the two-goal lead at 7:14 when he received a pass from Svechnikov and fired a shot from a high position past Sorokin for his second goal of the series. That ended Sorokin’s night.

Nelson brought the Islanders back to within a point late in the middle period. Ryan PulockPalmieri’s shot was deflected by teammate Palmieri in front and Nelson came in and quickly passed Andersen on the right side with 2:21 left.

The Islanders had a 15-9 shot advantage in the first period, but trailed 2-0 after 20 minutes. New York’s shot total for the period exceeded its total from all of Game 2, when it managed just 12.

Burns put the Hurricanes on the scoreboard first when he fired a shot from the top of the right circle that deflected off the Islanders defender’s stick Mike Reilly and passed Sorokin at 4:46.

Andersen made an excellent glove save reaching left Noah Dobsonattempt from the right side at 9:23 on the rebound of a Mathew Barzal shot to maintain the lead.

Orlov then beat Sorokin on the left side of the left circle just over a minute later, increasing Carolina’s lead to 2-0. It was the second consecutive goal by a defender, after the attackers had scored all the goals in the first two games.

The Hurricanes were left without a defender Brett Pesce because of a lower-body injury suffered on a non-contact sequence during the second period of Game 2 on Monday night. Tony DeAngelo started in its place in partnership with Brady Skjei.