One-goal night: New York Islanders slip past Carolina Hurricanes

That brings us to the end of a first period — Carolina Hurricanes 1, New York Islanders 2. Carolina Hurricanes edged the shot clock 9-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Cole Reinhardt opened the scoring for New York Islanders at 14:13, Jesperi Kotkaniemi extended the lead for New York Islanders on the power play at 17:19, and Ryan Poehling cut the deficit for Carolina Hurricanes at 18:19.

Adin Hill was under siege with 8 highlighted stops.

On the power play, New York Islanders went 1-for-2.

New York Islanders owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Carolina Hurricanes 1, New York Islanders 2. Carolina Hurricanes edged the shot clock 10-5, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Conor Sheary extended the lead for New York Islanders on the power play at 5:06, Brendan Gallagher extended the lead for New York Islanders at 7:10, and Mitch Marner cut the deficit for Carolina Hurricanes at 7:29.

Adin Hill was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, New York Islanders went 1-for-1.

New York Islanders owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Carolina Hurricanes 2, New York Islanders 1. New York Islanders edged the shot clock 16-10, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

J.T. Miller cut the deficit for Carolina Hurricanes on the power play at 16:41, Mitch Marner tied it for Carolina Hurricanes at 18:19, and Reilly Smith put New York Islanders in front at 18:46.

John Gibson was under siege with 15 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Carolina Hurricanes went 1-for-1 while New York Islanders went 0-for-3.

The final five minutes were split evenly in chances.