Neighbours, Blues edge Islanders in OT
Scores lone goal at 2:04, Hofer makes 34 saves for shutout
Islanders at Blues | Recap
ST. LOUIS — Jake Neighbours scored at 2:04 of overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 1-0 win against the New York Islanders at Enterprise Center on Thursday.
Neighbours was driving the net on a 3-on-1 rush and redirected a saucer pass from Philip Broberg inside the left post past Ilya Sorokin.
Joel Hofer made 34 saves for his second NHL shutout for St. Louis (3-2-0), which had lost two straight.
Sorokin made 29 saves for the Islanders (1-1-2), who were shut out twice during their three-game road trip (3-0 loss to the Dallas Stars on Oct. 12).
Each team hit the post in the second period, with Bo Horvat doing so for the Islanders at 3:37 and again at 3:48. Brayden Schenn did it for the Blues at 11:59.
The Islanders were 0-for-2 on the power play. The Blues were 0-for-1.