Stenberg Scores in Regulation and the Shootout as Sharks Beat Islanders 3-2

The San Jose Sharks beat the New York Islanders 3-2 in a shootout on Monday night at SAP Center at San Jose. Ivar Stenberg scored in regulation and then scored the only goal of the shootout against Ilya Sorokin. The win gave San Jose its first point in six games, San Jose Hockey Now reported.

Ben Hutton opened the scoring for New York in the first period, assisted by Bo Horvat. Stenberg tied the game 1-1 later in the period when he deflected a Tyler Toffoli shot, on a play kept in the zone by Ty Dellandrea. Horvat then kept the score tied with a diving play late in the first period, sweeping a loose puck away from the goal line behind Sorokin after a chance by Macklin Celebrini, NHL.com reported.

Toffoli ties it in the second period

Victor Eklund put the Islanders ahead 2-1 in the second period. Toffoli tied the game 2-2 in the same period with a shot that went in off the face of Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech. Pelech returned to the game. Neither team scored in the third period, and overtime ended scoreless, with the period scores reading 1-1, 1-1 and 0-0 before the shootout. Toffoli finished with one goal and one assist for two points. Stenberg had one goal in regulation. Hutton and Eklund scored for New York, and Horvat and Matthew Schaefer each had one assist. Celebrini took six shots on goal and recorded no points in 25 minutes and 40 seconds of ice time for San Jose.

Stenberg settles the shootout

In the shootout, Stenberg scored for San Jose. Sorokin saved attempts by Mason Marchment and Sam Dickinson, and Michael Misa missed for the Sharks. For New York, Schaefer missed, Yaroslav Askarov saved Simon Holmstrom, and Anthony Duclair missed, closing out the 1-0 shootout. Askarov made 30 saves on 32 shots, a .938 save percentage, in 64 minutes and 55 seconds for the win. Sorokin made 37 saves on 39 shots, a .949 save percentage, in 65 minutes and took the overtime loss.

The numbers and the streaks

San Jose outshot New York 39 to 32. The Sharks went 0 for 4 on the power play, and the Islanders went 1 for 4. New York won the faceoff count 32 to 23, and each team took 18 penalty minutes. San Jose had entered the game at 7-11-1 and on a five-game losing run, according to pregame reporting by San Jose Hockey Insider. New York had entered at 7-6-3 and winless in three games, including a 5-4 overtime loss to New Jersey on Saturday, The Hockey Writers reported before the game.