Islanders center Mathew Barzal skates with the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes in the second period at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Mathew Barzal’s stick went up and cut the Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal along the boards in the offensive zone and, suddenly, the Islanders went from a great opportunity to win to a potentially lengthy penalty kill.
Vincent Trocheck scored the video-reviewed, power-play winner at 1:36 of overtime with the Hurricanes skating four-on-three in the Islanders’ 3-2 loss on Saturday afternoon at the Nassau Coliseum after Barzal received a four-minute, double-minor at 19:36 of the third period.