Islanders fall to Minnesota, 2-1, in shootout

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Frederick Gaudreau scored within the shootout to raise the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night time.

Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves and stopped two pictures within the shootout for Minnesota, which has gained six of seven and has a season-high, seven-game level streak. Ryan Reaves scored for the primary time as a member of the Wild, who stayed forward of Winnipeg for third within the Central Division.

Josh Bailey scored and Ilya Sorokin stopped 30 pictures for New York, which had gained 4 of six.

On a day when each groups made trades, they bought scoring from their fourth strains.

Bailey opened the scoring 14:15 into the primary from in entrance of the online. Scott Mayfield’s preliminary shot from the purpose was stopped however the puck bounced to Bailey, who knocked it into an open internet for his first purpose in 24 video games.

Minnesota answered lower than 4 minutes later with Reaves scoring for the primary time since final April 27 when he was with the New York Rangers. The enforcer, who got here to the Wild in a November commerce, additionally bought right into a combat with Islanders ahead Ross Johnston simply 2:06 into the sport.

It wasn’t simply Reaves and Johnston attempting to supply a spark.

Minnesota normal supervisor Invoice Guerin made two trades so as to add depth to the ahead strains. He acquired Marcus Johansson from Washington for a 2024 third-round draft selection and later added Gustav Nyquist from Columbus for a 2023 fifth-round choice.

Nyquist has been on injured reserve since Jan. 25 however is anticipated to be prepared for the playoffs. Johansson beforehand performed 36 video games for Minnesota in 2020-21, when he had six objectives and eight assists.

Johansson had 13 objectives and 15 assists in 60 video games for Washington this season.

“These two gamers, I believe, are what we have been lacking, what we wanted,” Guerin stated earlier than the sport. “And that’s, they’re extremely expert guys, wonderful skaters. I believe they’re going to supply us with just a few, that pure skill on the market.”

Islanders president of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello tried to spice up New York’s playoff probabilities, giving a 2024 third-round draft decide to Toronto for ahead Pierre Engvall. Engvall had 12 objectives and 9 assists in 58 video games for the Maple Leafs this season.

Islanders: Host Detroit on Saturday.

Wild: At Vancouver on Thursday.