Barzal wins it after review confirms Josh Bailey’s late tying goal
By Brian Compton / NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Mathew Barzal scored 1:08 into overtime to give the New York Islanders a 3-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at Barclays Center on Wednesday.
Josh Bailey tied the game for New York with 1:09 remaining in the third period when his shot from the right face-off circle first appeared to have been saved by Robin Lehner, but play was stopped with 34.3 seconds remaining for video review, which determined the puck did cross the goal line to make it 2-2.
The goal extended Bailey’s point streak to nine games. He and John Tavares assisted on Barzal’s goal; Tavares has an eight-game point streak.
Barzal scored his first NHL overtime goal when he beat Lehner with a wrist shot from the slot for his 13th goal of the season.
Jason Chimera scored for the Islanders (20-13-4), and Jaroslav Halak made 34 saves.
Kyle Okposo, who played for the Islanders from 2008-16, gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead at 11:33 of the third period when he fought off Andrew Ladd for a rebound for his sixth goal of the season.
Chimera gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 3:41 of the second period. Cal Clutterbuck took a wrist shot from the left face-off circle that Lehner saved, but Chimera scored on the rebound for his second goal of the season.
Zemgus Girgensons tied it 1-1 at 9:43 of the second when he poked Jack Eichel’s feed from behind the net.
Eichel has nine points (five goals, four assists) in his past five games.
Lehner made 31 saves for Buffalo (9-20-8).