NEW YORK -- Brock Nelson scored the only goal in shootout to give the New York Islanders a 5-4 win over the Devils on Sunday at the Barclays Center.
The first four shooters for each team were stopped in the shootout. Brian Gibbons hit the post for the Devils in the fifth round to end it.
Overtime followed a third period where both teams scored twice and the Devils lost a two-goal lead.
The Devils scored twice in 37 seconds to break a 2-2 tie early in the third. Miles Wood scored on a rebound off a Will Butcher shot to put the Devils up 3-2 at 2:41.