NEW YORK (AP) — Simon Holmstrom scored twice and the New York Islanders took an early lead and beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Saturday.
Casey Cizikas also scored for New York and David Rittich made 30 saves as the Islanders won for the third time in four games.
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Mikael Backund and Blake Coleman scored for Calgary, which slips to 2-5-1 in its past eight games. Devin Cooley started for the Flames and conceded 3 goals on 10 shots in the first quarter. Dustin Wolf started in place of Cooley and made 17 saves.
Holmstrom scored the first goal of the game at 16:35 of the first period when he received a pass from Luke Schenn and fired past Cooley’s blocker to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead. It was Schenn’s first assist at UBS Arena since being acquired by the St. Louis Islanders at the trade deadline.
In the final minute of the first half, Jean-Gabriel Pageau assisted on Holmstrom’s goal while shorthanded, extending the Islanders’ lead to 3-0.
Backlund and Coleman scored with 6:11 left in the third period to pull Calgary back within one goal.
Next
Flames: Play the final of five games at Detroit on Monday.
Islanders: Open three games at Toronto on Tuesday.
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