NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Alexandre Carrier scored with 7.9 seconds remaining in the third period, and the Nashville Predators beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Saturday night.
Luke Evangelista and Juuso Parssinen also scored in Nashville's third win in four games. Juuse Saros made 24 stops.
"It was sort of a playoff-like atmosphere on a Saturday," Nashville coach Andrew Brunette said. "The Islanders are a hard team to play against. They don't give you a lot of room and make you earn everything. Tonight was a good battle test for us."
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored and Ilya Sorokin made 25 saves for the Islanders, who have dropped three of four.