Brayden Schenn had a goal and two assists to help the visiting New York Islanders snap a four-game losing streak with a 5-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.
Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist, while Matthew Schaefer, Victor Eklund and Bo Horvat also scored. Ryan Pulock had two assists and Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves for the Islanders in the middle game of their three-game California trip.
Trevor Moore and Quinton Byfield scored, and Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves for the Kings, who have lost three straight (0-3-0) with one game remaining on their seven-game homestand.
The Islanders took a 1-0 lead at 5:50 of the first period.
Pulock, who had missed the previous four games with an upper-body injury, took a slap shot from just inside the blue line that Mitchell Chaffee tipped on its way to the net. Kuemper made the save, but Schenn scored on the rebound.
Los Angeles tied it at 1-1 at 8:55 when Brandt Clarke took a wrist shot from the right point that Moore deflected into the net.
The Islanders were on the game’s first power play when Schaefer, playing in his 100th NHL game, took a wrist shot from above the circles that squeezed through traffic and into the net to give New York a 2-1 lead at 12:56 of the first.
Matias Maccelli, who had missed the previous nine games with a lower-body injury, had the primary assist on the goal.
The Islanders extended their lead to 3-1 at 5:35 of the second when Schenn received a stretch pass off the wall from Pulock. He drove toward the net and waited out sliding defenseman Cody Ceci before sending a backhand feed to Eklund, who redirected the puck into the net from in front of the crease.
Byfield converted a rebound during a 5-on-3 power play to cut the deficit to 3-2 at 7:52 of the second.
Kevin Fiala assisted on the goal in his season debut after recovering from a broken leg sustained while playing for Team Switzerland in the Winter Olympics last February.
The Islanders scored 39 seconds into the third period when Holmstrom pounced on a loose puck off a faceoff, spun and scored from above the left hash marks to make it 4-2.
Horvat scored into an empty net with 2:46 remaining to seal the 5-2 victory.
