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12/19 21:36 CST Kiefer Sherwood has hat trick as Canucks beat Islanders 4-1 for
3rd straight win
Kiefer Sherwood has hat trick as Canucks beat Islanders 4-1 for 3rd straight win
ALLAN KREDA
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Kiefer Sherwood had three goals for his second hat trick of
the season as the Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Friday
night for their third straight win.
David Kampf also scored and Thatcher Demko had 22 saves to help the Canucks
finish a sweep of the three New York-area teams this week. Vancouver won 2-1 at
New Jersey on Sunday and beat the Rangers 3-0 on Tuesday. Demko was in net for
all three wins.
Anders Lee spoiled Demko's shutout bid with 5:05 left in the third period, and
Ilya Sorokin finished with 26 saves for the Islanders. New York has lost two
straight after winning six of seven, and snapped a five-game win streak at home.
Vancouver raced to a 3-0 lead in the opening period. Kampf scored his first
goal this season at 8:55, Sherwood beat Sorokin at 10:35, then scored again at
15:47.
Lee scored his ninth of the season and 298th of his career in the third to get
the Islanders on the scoreboard.
Sherwood scored into an empty net to complete his third career hat trick and
get his team-leading 16th goal. He also had three goals Oct. 31 in a 4-3
shootout win at St. Louis.
Demko, who improved to 8-5-0 this season, made 23 saves in Tuesday's shutout
over the Rangers on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.
Vancouver's three-game winning streak follows an 2-8-1 skid, and all three wins
have come after trading former captain Quinn Hughes to Minnesota a week ago.
The Canucks continued to be without leading scorer Elias Pettersson (upper
body) for the sixth straight game.
Up next Canucks: At Boston on Saturday night. Islanders: At Buffalo on Saturday night. ___ AP NHL: https://www.apnews.com/NHL |
