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The New York Islanders defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Ondrej Palat opened the scoring with a first-period goal with 6:21 left, set up by Jean-Gabriel Pageau. Viktor Eklund quickly answered for Anaheim with his second goal of the season, assisted by Emil Heineman, but Frank Vatrano tied it again just 49 seconds later with help from A.J. Greer. Simon Holmstrom restored the Islanders' lead before the intermission, deflecting a Mathew Schaefer shot for a power-play marker with 1:18 remaining in the opening frame.
Alex Killorn brought the Ducks within one on a late third-period goal with 2:40 left in the period, yet the equalizer never came. Ilya Sorokin turned aside 15 shots for New York, while Lukas Dostal made 22 saves for Anaheim.
The Islanders earned their second straight win and have gone 3-0-1 across their past four games. Anaheim dropped its fourth straight game.
Source: ESPN - Tue Oct 20, 9:45 PM ET
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