Brayden Schenn produced three points to carry the New York Islanders to a 5-2 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday at Crypto.com Arena. Schenn delivered a goal and two assists as New York pulled away across all three periods.
Schenn opened the scoring for the Islanders at 5:50 of the first period, beating Darcy Kuemper with a wrist shot off helpers from Mitchell Chaffee and Ryan Pulock. Los Angeles answered quickly when Trevor Moore tipped in a shot from Brandt Clarke at 8:55 to make it 1-1. The Islanders reclaimed the lead on the man advantage at 12:56 when Matthew Schaefer buried a wrist shot off passes from Matias Maccelli and Schenn.
Victor Eklund widened New York's advantage to 3-1 at 5:35 of the second period with a wrist shot set up by Schenn and Pulock. The Kings closed the gap to 3-2 at 7:52 during a power play, as Quinton Byfield scored on a wrist shot assisted by Artemi Panarin and Kevin Fiala. Simon Holmstrom responded just 39 seconds into the third period with an unassisted wrist shot to restore a two-goal cushion, and Bo Horvat sealed the game with an empty-net wrist goal at 17:14 assisted by Holmstrom.
Ilya Sorokin earned the win in net for the Islanders, stopping 26 of 28 shots, while New York blocked 23 shots in front of him. Kuemper took the loss after turning aside 16 of 20 shots for the Kings. Both teams finished 1-for-3 on the power play and were assessed 11 penalty minutes apiece.
The victory moved the Islanders to 8-6-4 on the season, splitting the two-game regular-season series with Los Angeles. The Kings dropped to 5-10-2 after suffering their third consecutive loss.
The Islanders continue their trip to visit the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. The Kings remain home to host the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
