Semyon Varlamov made a season-best 41 recoveries, getting his third shutout of the time as the New York Islanders crushed the Nashville Hunters 2-0 on Saturday night, procuring a critical success in their push for the end of the season games.
Noah Dobson and Kyle Palmieri scored for the Islanders, who dominated their fourth successive match, taking an important lead over both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for third spot in the Eastern Meeting standings.
The Penguins right now hold the subsequent special case spot, while the Flyers are not in a season finisher position. New York and Pittsburgh have five games staying, one more than Philadelphia.
“Once in a while I saw the pucks coming, some of the time I didn’t,” said Varlamov. “A couple of times I felt fortunate. Karma was my ally today, which is perfect. I’ll require that quickly.”
The 35-year-old Varlamov acquired his 41st vocation shutout and his first since November 2 against Washington. “The group was electric,” Varlamov said. “It seemed like a season finisher air.” The Islanders finished a 10-game series of failures (0-8-2) against the Hunters, tracing all the way back to October 28, 2017.
