Brocktober may be over, but Brock Nelson wanted to keep it going a little while longer. He scored the New York Islanders’ goal of November, added two more in the second period for his third career hat trick, and then hit the empty net for his fourth goal of the night as the Islanders walloped the Montreal Canadiens on the road. Nelson was the first Islander to score four goals in a game since Kyle Okposo on January 16, 2015 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Anthony Beauvillier, one of the Isles’ French Canadians, assisted on the first three of Nelson’s goals in front of friends of family.