UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Justin Williams broke a tie with 2:42 remaining in the third period, and the Carolina Hurricanes won their fifth straight game, 4-3 against the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday.
Saku Maenalanen and Jaccob Slavin scored, Greg McKegg had a goal and an assist, and Curtis McElhinney made 28 saves for Carolina (20-17-5), which defeated the Islanders for the first time in four tries this season.
Brock Nelson had two goals and an assist, and Devon Toews scored for New York (23-14-4), which had a six-game winning streak end. The Islanders have not won seven straight in a single season since their nine-game streak between Dec. 31, 1989, and Jan. 19, 1990. Thomas Greiss made 20 saves.
Nelson gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 13:42 of the first period with a wrist shot from the left circle after a turnover by Justin Faulk. It was Nelson’s 14th goal of the season.
Maenalanen tied it at 15:10 when he cut to the net from the left side and put a backhand shot past Greiss for his first NHL goal to make it 1-1.
McKegg gave the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead with six seconds remaining in the first period when he redirected Micheal Ferland‘s feed past Greiss.
New York forward Jordan Eberle had a goal taken away at 2:40 of the second period when video review determined the Islanders entered the zone offside. But Toews tied it 2-2 at 4:50 of the third period when his shot from the point found its way through traffic.
Williams put the Hurricanes in front at 17:18, shortly after he came out of the penalty box, when he roofed a shot over Greiss for a 3-2 lead. It was his 10th of the season.
Slavin scored a power-play goal with 1:07 remaining to make it 4-2 before Nelson scored again from the left circle with 59 seconds left for the 4-3 final.
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