Ivar Stenberg scored the lone goal in an eight-round shootout as the San Jose Sharks edged the visiting New York Islanders 3-2 on Monday night.
Stenberg, who also scored in regulation, fired his shot glove-side past Ilya Sorokin in the shootout as the Sharks snapped a five-game losing streak.
Tyler Toffoli scored and added an assist for the Sharks, who won for the fourth time in 13 games (4-8-1) and improved to 4-5-0 on home ice this season.
Yaroslav Askarov made 30 saves for his first career win over the Islanders in three attempts. He also stopped six shots in the shootout.
Ben Hutton and Victor Eklund tallied for New York, which has dropped four straight (0-2-2) and is 3-3-2 on the road this season.
Sorokin stopped 37 shots through regulation and overtime, then turned away six more in the shootout.
Eklund and Toffoli traded second-period goals.
Eklund gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead, snapping a Brayden Schenn pass past Askarov on a power play at 1:11 of the middle frame.
The Sharks tied it 2-2 at 12:12 on a power play as Toffoli’s shot redirected off the face of Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech and in.
San Jose outshot New York 12-7 in the opening period, but teams were tied 1-1 after 20 minutes.
Hutton opened the scoring at 6:14 of the first, tipping in a cross-ice feed from Simon Holmstrom past Askarov. Hutton, who signed with the Islanders on Thursday, netted his first of the season.
San Jose tied it 1-1 at 16:41 of the opening period as Stenberg deflected Toffoli’s shot past Sorokin.
Monday was the first of two meetings this season between the Islanders and Sharks, ahead of San Jose’s visit to Elmont, N.Y., on Dec. 4. New York swept last season’s series, winning 4-3 at home on Oct. 21 and 2-1 in overtime at San Jose on March 7.
–Field Level Media
