Leading goal scorers for the New York Islanders, Brock Nelson and Bo Horvat, both had 29 goals going into last night’s game in Philadelphia, and they were hoping to snap lengthy goal droughts.
Each of them succeeded in doing just that, helping the Isles defeat the Flyers 4-3 on the shootout and pulling off an extremely uncommon achievement in recent franchise history.
Horvat, who was back in the lineup alongside Mathew Barzal, gave the Isles a 2-1 lead in the first period of play, scoring eighteen seconds after Matt Martin tied the score at one. After going six games without a goal, the 28-year-old scored his 500th career point and reached the 30-goal milestone for the third straight season. He joined Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, Nathan MacKinnon, and Aleksander Barkov as the
