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UNIONDALE, NY – Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler scored in a shootout, and the surging Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Alex Burrows, Kesler and Kevin Bieksa scored for the Canucks in regulation. Roberto Luongo made 38 saves, helping Vancouver improve to 14-0-3 in its last 17 games.
The Canucks (28-8-6) lead the NHL with 62 points.
Jack Hillen, John Taveras and Blake Comeau had goals for the Islanders. Kevin Poulin turned aside 48 shots.
Burrows started the scoring at 4:58. He was in front of the net and had a centering pass from Daniel Sedin deflect in off his body.
The Islanders were outshot 20-9 in the first period but had one great opportunity. About 3 minutes in, Michael Grabner came in on a breakaway, but Luongo made a right pad save.
Blake Comeau had a chance to tie it 9 minutes into the second period, but his hard wrister rang off the left post.
New York finally tied the game at 15:13, just 1 second after its first power play ended. Hillen, from the point, ripped a slap shot past Luongo.
The tie lasted until there were 15.4 seconds left in the period, when Kessler beat Poulin with a shot from the high slot to put the Canucks back ahead.
New York tied the game at 3:14 of the final period when Tavares somehow beat Luongo with a wrist shot from a hard angle during a power play.
The Islanders took a 3-2 lead with 5:36 left when Comeau put a slap shot from the left point past Luongo.
The lead lasted 24 seconds before Bieska tied the game when his shot deflected in off an Islander.
NOTES: The Islanders called up RW Rhett Rakhshani from Bridgeport.
Alex Burrows, Kesler and Kevin Bieksa scored for the Canucks in regulation. Roberto Luongo made 38 saves, helping Vancouver improve to 14-0-3 in its last 17 games.
The Canucks (28-8-6) lead the NHL with 62 points.
Jack Hillen, John Taveras and Blake Comeau had goals for the Islanders. Kevin Poulin turned aside 48 shots.
Burrows started the scoring at 4:58. He was in front of the net and had a centering pass from Daniel Sedin deflect in off his body.
The Islanders were outshot 20-9 in the first period but had one great opportunity. About 3 minutes in, Michael Grabner came in on a breakaway, but Luongo made a right pad save.
Blake Comeau had a chance to tie it 9 minutes into the second period, but his hard wrister rang off the left post.
New York finally tied the game at 15:13, just 1 second after its first power play ended. Hillen, from the point, ripped a slap shot past Luongo.
The tie lasted until there were 15.4 seconds left in the period, when Kessler beat Poulin with a shot from the high slot to put the Canucks back ahead.
New York tied the game at 3:14 of the final period when Tavares somehow beat Luongo with a wrist shot from a hard angle during a power play.
The Islanders took a 3-2 lead with 5:36 left when Comeau put a slap shot from the left point past Luongo.
The lead lasted 24 seconds before Bieska tied the game when his shot deflected in off an Islander.
NOTES: The Islanders called up RW Rhett Rakhshani from Bridgeport.
