New York Islanders @ Colorado Avalanche

20-22-8, 10-12-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Islanders NYI	1	2	0	3
Avalanche COL	1	1	3	5

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

40-10-4, 23-3-2 Home

Burakovsky's late goal lifts Avalanche over Islanders 5-3

— Andre Burakovsky scored 59 seconds after New York had a go-ahead goal wiped out, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Islanders 5-3 on Tuesday night.

Mar 2, 2022, 06:09 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Islanders	1	2	0	3
	Avalanche	1	1	3	5

1st Period			NYI	COL
3:23		Nathan MacKinnon (16) Assists: Cale Makar (39), Devon Toews (31)	0	1
10:03		Ryan Pulock (4) Assists: Zach Parise (18), Josh Bailey (26)	1	1

2nd Period		NYI	COL
3:54	Devon Toews (10) Assists: Cale Makar (40), Andre Burakovsky (25)	1	2
4:39	Jean-Gabriel Pageau (11) Assists: Zach Parise (19), Cal Clutterbuck (10)	2	2
12:23	Kyle Palmieri (13) Assists: Andy Greene (8), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (20)	3	2

3rd Period		NYI	COL
4:43	Gabriel Landeskog (29) (Power Play) Assists: Nazem Kadri (45), Devon Toews (32)	3	3
12:48	Andre Burakovsky (17) Assists: Nazem Kadri (46)	3	4
19:17	Erik Johnson (6) (Empty Net) Unassisted	3	5

ISLANDERS

AVALANCHE

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

Islanders
3
Avalanche
5

Game 1

2/3

Avalanche
5
Islanders
4

Game 2

8/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	45	20	6	96
Columbus	38	22	11	87
Pittsburgh	35	20	16	86
NY Islanders	40	27	5	85
Philadelphia	34	24	12	80
Washington	35	28	9	79
New Jersey	36	32	2	74
NY Rangers	28	34	9	65

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	47	13	10	104
Dallas	43	17	11	97
Minnesota	40	20	12	92
Utah	37	29	6	80
Nashville	34	28	9	77
Winnipeg	30	29	12	72
St. Louis	29	30	11	69
Chicago	27	31	13	67

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New York Islanders @ Colorado Avalanche

Stars of the Game

Devon ToewsD - COL

Andre BurakovskyLW - COL

Jack JohnsonD - COL

Game Information

Burakovsky's late goal lifts Avalanche over Islanders 5-3

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

COL leads 1-0

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