Ilya Sorokin made a career-high 49 saves and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice early in the second period as the New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Wednesday night.
Defenseman Sebastian Aho also scored for the Islanders, who have won two consecutive games and four of six. New York improved to 12-1-2 in its last 15 home games against the Oilers.
“What this game came down to is we were unable to solve their goaltender,” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. “We didn’t find a way to crack him.”
The Islanders are 8-0-0 when the 38-year-old Parise gets a point.
Parise hasn’t missed a game in his two seasons with the Islanders.
“It’s fun playing with Zach. He made a great pass and I just put it in,” Pageau said. “He’s been helping me a lot.”
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Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice as New York Islanders shutout Edmonton 3-0.
Pageau scored again at 6:39, this time on a power play. His fifth goal of the season was assisted by Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee.
“He’s a big-moment guy,” Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck said of Pageau, who scored twice for the first time this season.
The assist extended Barzal’s point streak to six games. Barzal leads the Islanders with 21 assists and 23 points overall.
Aho made it 3-0 at 16:56 of the second with his second goal of the season, with assists to Oliver Wahlstrom and Casey Cizikas.
“I thought we were committed to play the right way,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert said. “And our goaltender played really well and made some great saves.”
Sorokin made nine saves in the first, 17 in the second and 23 more in the third for his second shutout this season and the 12th of his career.
The Islanders denied three Edmonton power-play chances in the third as the 27-year-old Sorokin improved to 9-5-0.
“Three kills against them was huge,” Clutterbuck added.
The Islanders were coming off a 2-1 overtime win Monday at Toronto. The Oilers lost their previous game, 5-2 at New Jersey on Monday.
The Islanders outshot the Oilers 12-9 in the first, though…
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