Published Oct 20, 2026 7:43 pm
New York Islanders right wing Mitchell Chaffee (26) fights with Anaheim Ducks left wing A.J. Greer (18) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
NEW YORK (AP) — Ondrej Palat, Viktor Eklund and Simon Holmstrom scored first-period goals and the New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night for their second straight victory.
Ilya Sorokin made 15 saves to help the Islanders improve to 3-0-1 in their last four games.
Frank Vatrano and Alex Killorn scored for Anaheim, which lost its fourth straight game. Lukas Dostal finished with 22 saves.
Palat opened the scoring with 6:21 left in the first period. Jean-Gabriel Pageau found Palat streaking toward the net, and the forward fired a wrist shot past Dostal.
Eklund doubled the lead less than three minutes later. Emil Heineman floated a wrist shot from the blue line, and Eklund corralled the loose puck and buried it for his second goal of the season.
Vatrano pulled the Ducks within a goal 49 seconds later, lifting a backhander past Sorokin off a feed from A.J. Greer.
Holmstrom restored New York’s two-goal advantage with a power-play goal with 1:18 left in the first, deflecting Mathew Schaefer’s shot from the point past Dostal.
Killorn pulled Anaheim within a goal with 2:40 remaining in the third.
Up next
Ducks: At New Jersey Thursday night.
Islanders: Host Los Angeles on Thursday night.
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By SCOTT CHARLES
Associated Press