PUCK DROP - 12:00am GMT
NEW YORK -- The New York Islanders scored three goals in less than eight minutes in the first period Thursday and maintained their season-long mastery of Pacific Division foes at Barclays Center with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
The Islanders and Kings became the first teams this season to score eight and nine goals in a game earlier this week in routs of the Edmonton Oilers (whom the Islanders beat 8-1 on Sunday) and Boston Bruins (Kings 9-2 on Tuesday).
Only the Islanders were able to maintain the goal-scoring magic Thursday when defenseman Johnny Boychuk -- who scored the first goal in Sunday's rout --began the first period barrage at 6:05.