NEW YORK — Simon Holmstrom scored the tiebreaking, short-handed goal late with 1:33 left in regulation and the New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.
Mathew Barzal, Kyle Palmieri and Casey Cizikas also scored, and Noah Dobson had two assists to help the Islanders improve to 6-0-1 in their last seven games. Semyon Varlamov made 21 saves.
The Islanders are 9-1-4 in their last 14 games and trail the first-place New York Rangers by just four points in the Metropolitan Division.
Holmstrom skated down the left wing and whipped the puck past Ducks goaltender John Gibson for his eighth goal of the season as the Islanders improved to 6-0-1 in their last seven games.