Vegas Golden Knights @ New York Islanders

31-17-6, 12-11-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Golden Knights VGK	0	0	1	1
Islanders NYI	1	0	1	2

New York IslandersIslandersNYI

25-21-7, 13-11-2 Home

Brock Nelson scores in the 3rd period as the Islanders top the Golden Knights 2-1

— Brock Nelson snapped a tie midway through the third period and Ilya Sorokin made 34 saves, helping the New York Islanders beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Tuesday night for their eighth win in nine games.

Feb 5, 2025, 03:22 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Golden Knights	0	0	1	1
	Islanders	1	0	1	2

1st Period			VGK	NYI
18:21		Bo Horvat (19) Assists: Adam Pelech (14), Maxim Tsyplakov (16)	0	1

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period			VGK	NYI
7:40		Brandon Saad (8) Assists: Nicolas Hague (5), Nicolas Roy (12)	1	1
10:43		Brock Nelson (16) Assists: Alexander Romanov (12), Tony DeAngelo (3)	1	2

Brayden McNabb shot blocked by Kyle Palmieri
Bo Horvat Wrist Shot Wide Right
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Kyle MacLean hit Zach Whitecloud
Marc Gatcomb hit Noah Hanifin
Kyle MacLean Wrist Shot Wide Left
Kyle Palmieri Hooking against Ivan Barbashev
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Pavel Dorofeyev
Giveaway by Tony DeAngelo
Casey Cizikas hit Nicolas Hague
Anders Lee Tip-In Wide Right
Kyle MacLean hit Shea Theodore
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Brett Howden
Adam Pelech hit Ivan Barbashev
Marc Gatcomb hit Noah Hanifin
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Giveaway by Adam Boqvist
Simon Holmstrom Wrist Shot Wide Right
Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Maxim Tsyplakov
Brock Nelson hit Pavel Dorofeyev
Giveaway by Kyle Palmieri
Kyle MacLean faceoff won against Brett Howden
Scott Perunovich hit Mark Stone
Jack Eichel shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot Wide Left
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot Wide Left
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Giveaway by Scott Perunovich
Bo Horvat Goal (19) Backhand, assists: Adam Pelech (14), Maxim Tsyplakov (16)
Jack Eichel shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Maxim Tsyplakov hit Brayden McNabb
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Takeaway by Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Marc Gatcomb hit Noah Hanifin
Ivan Barbashev shot blocked by Pierre Engvall
Maxim Tsyplakov hit Jack Eichel
Jack Eichel shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Brett Howden
Bo Horvat hit Brett Howden
Takeaway by Marc Gatcomb
Takeaway by Adam Pelech
Anthony Duclair Tip-In Wide Right
Alexander Romanov Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Casey Cizikas faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Giveaway by Adam Pelech
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Anders Lee hit Brayden McNabb
Takeaway by Bo Horvat
Anthony Duclair Snap Shot Off Crossbar
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Tomas Hertl
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Marc Gatcomb hit Nicolas Roy
Giveaway by Pierre Engvall
Pierre Engvall Backhand saved by Ilya Samsonov
Anthony DeAngelo hit Victor Olofsson
Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Giveaway by Brock Nelson
Giveaway by Dennis Cholowski
Casey Cizikas hit Alex Pietrangelo
Casey Cizikas hit Nicolas Hague
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Keegan Kolesar shot blocked by Anthony DeAngelo
Giveaway by Maxim Tsyplakov
Takeaway by Scott Perunovich
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Brett Howden
Anthony Duclair Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Pavel Dorofeyev
Giveaway by Adam Pelech
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Adam Boqvist Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Jean-Gabriel Pageau Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Casey Cizikas Tip-In saved by Ilya Samsonov
Takeaway by Scott Perunovich
Giveaway by Anders Lee
Pierre Engvall Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Kyle Palmieri Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
Adam Pelech hit Victor Olofsson
Giveaway by Maxim Tsyplakov
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Jack Eichel shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Ivan Barbashev shot blocked by Alexander Romanov
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Takeaway by Tony DeAngelo
Giveaway by Maxim Tsyplakov
Maxim Tsyplakov hit Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague shot blocked by Anthony Duclair
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Casey Cizikas hit Zach Whitecloud
Casey Cizikas hit Alexander Holtz
Adam Pelech Wrist Shot Wide Left
Brock Nelson Goal (16) Tip-In, assists: Alexander Romanov (12), Anthony DeAngelo (3)
Simon Holmstrom Wrist Shot Wide Right
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Anthony DeAngelo Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Samsonov
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Kyle Palmieri Wrist Shot Wide Right
Maxim Tsyplakov faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Casey Cizikas hit Shea Theodore
Jack Eichel shot blocked by Adam Pelech
Takeaway by Anders Lee
Casey Cizikas hit Noah Hanifin
Bo Horvat faceoff won against Tomas Hertl
Giveaway by Bo Horvat
Brock Nelson faceoff won against Nicolas Roy
Giveaway by Alexander Romanov
Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit Keegan Kolesar
Jean-Gabriel Pageau faceoff won against Jack Eichel
Giveaway by Victor Olofsson
Goalie Stopped
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Kyle MacLean
Nicolas Roy hit Marc Gatcomb
Brandon Saad hit Adam Pelech
Giveaway by Jack Eichel
Puck in Netting
Ivan Barbashev faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Nicolas Roy hit Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo
Nicolas Roy Deflected Wide Left
Giveaway by Nicolas Hague
Brandon Saad Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Brett Howden hit Bo Horvat
Takeaway by Keegan Kolesar
Giveaway by Keegan Kolesar
Kaedan Korczak hit Kyle Palmieri
Giveaway by Noah Hanifin
Pierre Engvall shot blocked by Shea Theodore
Puck in Netting
Keegan Kolesar hit Simon Holmstrom
Goalie Stopped
Noah Hanifin Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Giveaway by Brett Howden
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Giveaway by Kaedan Korczak
Keegan Kolesar hit Adam Boqvist
Brayden McNabb hit Anders Lee
Victor Olofsson Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
Tomas Hertl Slap Shot Wide Right
Tomas Hertl Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Off-side
Nicolas Hague Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Off-side
Icing
Icing
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Brandon Saad hit Anders Lee
Puck in Crowd
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Giveaway by Mark Stone
Maxim Tsyplakov shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo
Simon Holmstrom shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Mark Stone Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Victor Olofsson Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Brandon Saad Wrist Shot Wide Left
Brandon Saad Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Alexander Holtz Snap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Alexander Holtz Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Tomas Hertl hit Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Off-side
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Kyle MacLean
Icing
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Kyle MacLean
Ivan Barbashev Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Nicolas Roy hit Marc Gatcomb
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Maxim Tsyplakov shot blocked by Ivan Barbashev
Adam Pelech shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Anthony Duclair shot blocked by Mark Stone
Mark Stone Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Kaedan Korczak Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Marc Gatcomb shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
Marc Gatcomb shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
Brayden McNabb hit Kyle Palmieri
Nicolas Roy hit Adam Pelech
On-Ice Official
Goalie Stopped
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Nicolas Roy Tip-In saved by Ilya Sorokin
Keegan Kolesar hit Pierre Engvall
Keegan Kolesar Hooking against Alexander Romanov
Giveaway by Alex Pietrangelo
Anthony DeAngelo shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Bo Horvat shot blocked by Brayden McNabb
Dennis Cholowski shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Keegan Kolesar Backhand Wide Left
Noah Hanifin shot blocked by Tomas Hertl
Puck in Netting
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Casey Cizikas
Pavel Dorofeyev Tip-In saved by Ilya Sorokin
Tomas Hertl Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Icing
High Stick
Brett Howden faceoff won against Marc Gatcomb
Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot Wide Left
Alex Pietrangelo shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
Keegan Kolesar hit Kyle MacLean
Kyle MacLean shot blocked by Alex Pietrangelo
Goalie Stopped
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Goalie Stopped
Tomas Hertl hit Brock Nelson
Nicolas Roy hit Adam Pelech
Icing
Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Brett Howden Slap Shot Wide Right
Noah Hanifin Slap Shot Wide Right
Goalie Stopped
Zach Whitecloud Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Noah Hanifin Slap Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Goalie Stopped
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Ivan Barbashev Tip-In Wide Left
Giveaway by Shea Theodore
Tomas Hertl hit Anders Lee
Off-side
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Kyle MacLean
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Pavel Dorofeyev hit Bo Horvat
Icing
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Brayden McNabb Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Giveaway by Ivan Barbashev
Icing
Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Nicolas Hague Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Brandon Saad Goal (8) Backhand, assists: Nicolas Hague (5), Nicolas Roy (12)
Ivan Barbashev Tip-In Above Crossbar
Off-side
Brett Howden faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Hand Pass
Giveaway by Alexander Holtz
Icing
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Tomas Hertl hit Maxim Tsyplakov
Icing
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Icing
Tomas Hertl faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Goalie Stopped
Brock Nelson shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
Victor Olofsson Tip-In saved by Ilya Sorokin
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Icing
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Puck in Netting
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Takeaway by Mark Stone
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Hand Pass
Keegan Kolesar faceoff won against Brock Nelson
Keegan Kolesar hit Adam Pelech
Pavel Dorofeyev Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Ivan Barbashev Backhand saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Zach Whitecloud
Alex Pietrangelo Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Icing
Jack Eichel Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Tomas Hertl Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin
Goalie Stopped
Jack Eichel faceoff won against Bo Horvat
Tomas Hertl Deflected Above Crossbar
Shea Theodore Slap Shot Wide Right
Tomas Hertl Deflected Wide Right
Shea Theodore Wrist Shot saved by Ilya Sorokin

GOLDEN KNIGHTS

ISLANDERS

Regular Season Series

NYI win 2-0

Islanders
4
Golden Knights
0

Game 1

10/1

Golden Knights
1
Islanders
2

Game 2

5/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	29	19	14	72
Anaheim	34	24	3	71
Edmonton	30	24	8	68
Seattle	29	23	9	67
San Jose	30	25	4	64
Los Angeles	24	22	14	62
Calgary	24	29	7	55
Vancouver	18	36	7	43

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	39	16	6	84
Pittsburgh	31	16	13	75
NY Islanders	35	22	5	75
Columbus	31	21	8	70
Washington	31	25	7	69
Philadelphia	28	21	11	67
New Jersey	31	29	2	64
NY Rangers	23	29	8	54

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Vegas Golden Knights @ New York Islanders

Stars of the Game

Ilya SorokinG - NYI

Brock NelsonC - NYI

Bo HorvatC - NYI

Game Information

Brock Nelson scores in the 3rd period as the Islanders top the Golden Knights 2-1

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

NYI win 2-0

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

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Capitals sign Ethen Frank to a 2-year, $4 million extension

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