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New York Islanders at Colorado Avalanche

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Nelson's 2 goals lifts Islanders to 6-2 win over Avalanche in Patrick Roy's return to Colorado

Roy won two of his four Stanley Cup wins with Colorado and coached the team for three years before stepping down a month before training camp in 2016.

Anthony Duclair, Kyle Palmieri, Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal also scored for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 32 shots.

Calum Ritchie got his first NHL goal and Casey Mittelstadt also scored for Colorado, which has dopped its first three games Alexandar Georgiev made 32 saves.

Takeaways Islanders: After being shut out 3-0 in Dallas on Saturday night they responded with an impressive game on Monday night. They trailed 1-0 just 1:01 in but scored the next four goals to take the lead. When Mittlestadt made it 4-2 early in the second, Duclair answered with a goal six minutes later.

Avalanche: Georgiev played better but a couple of his miscues led directly to the first two New York goals. Lee scored when he didn’t keep his skate against the right post and his failed attempt at a poke check gave Palmieri an open net.

Key moment Colorado trailed 3-1 and was on a power play in the second period when defenseman Cale Makar’s blind pass at his own blue line was intercepted by Nelson, and he beat Georgiev for a short-handed goal.

Key stat New York was up 2-1 after the first period, the first time it has led after the first this season. Sorokin had 10 saves in the first 20 minutes.

Up next The Islanders continue their road trip at St. Louis on Thursday night. The Avalanche host Boston on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

NYI lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:01 Calum Ritchie Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Manson (2)
Goal 1st Period 5:33 Anders Lee Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Simon Holmstrom (2), Scott Mayfield (1)
Goal 1st Period 18:13 Kyle Palmieri Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 8:25 Brock Nelson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Maxim Tsyplakov (1), Adam Pelech (1)
Goal 2nd Period 11:14 Brock Nelson Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 0:39 Casey Mittelstadt Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Nathan MacKinnon (4), Cale Makar (5)
Goal 3rd Period 6:48 Anthony Duclair Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Alexander Romanov (1), Bo Horvat (1)
Goal 3rd Period 18:48 Mathew Barzal Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan Pulock (1), Adam Pelech (2)

Statistics

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21 Blocked Shots 14
12 Hits 23
5 Takeaways 2
37 Shots 34
0 Power Play Goals 0
1 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
42 Faceoffs Won 32
56.8 Faceoff Win Percent 43.2
20 Giveaways 18
3 Total Penalties 2
6 Penalty Minutes 4

Game Information

Ball Arena

Location: Denver, CO
Attendance: 18,017 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
New Jersey 14 7 30 2
Carolina 14 5 29 1
Washington 13 6 27 1
NY Rangers 12 6 25 1
NY Islanders 8 8 21 5
Columbus 9 9 20 2
Philadelphia 9 10 20 2
Pittsburgh 7 12 18 4

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 17 4 34 0
Minnesota 13 3 30 4
Dallas 13 6 26 0
Colorado 12 9 24 0
Utah 8 9 19 3
St. Louis 9 12 19 1
Nashville 7 11 17 3
Chicago 7 12 16 2
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