Oilers 3, Islanders 1
EDMONTON, Alberta -- Centers Anton Lander and Leon Draisaitl scored goals 55 seconds apart in the third period as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a seven-game losing skid with a 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday.
Defenseman Brandon Davidson also recorded a goal for the Oilers, who had won only one game in their previous 11 outings.
Center Casey Cizikas scored for the Islanders, who saw a three-game winning streak end.
Oilers goalie Cam Talbot stopped 36 of the 37 shots he faced, while Islanders goaltender Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves.
Edmonton (23-34-7) outshot New York 6-5 in the scoreless opening frame, but the Isles (33-20-7) had the best opportunity as left winger Nikolay Kulemin hit a post in the final minute.
The game remained without a goal until the 17:43 mark late in the second. A shot by New York defensemen Nick Leddy struck Oilers defenseman Adam Clendening high in the shoulder, and Cizikas was there to score on a spin-around shot from in close that landed next to the sprawling Edmonton player.
The Oilers tied the game midway through the third from an unlikely source, as Lander scored on a shot through traffic. It was Lander's first goal of the season in 53 games and first since March 16, 2015.
Edmonton took the lead less than a minute later. Right winger Zack Kassian played the role of nuisance in front, allowing Draisaitl to swoop in and swat in a puck lying in the blue paint.
The Oilers took a two-goal lead with 3:03 left in the contest as Davidson took a feed from right winger Jordan Eberle and blasted it past Halak.
NOTES: Both teams return to the ice Tuesday. The Islanders play the fifth game of a season-high, seven-game road trip in Vancouver, and while the Oilers head to Buffalo to face the Sabres. ... The only previous meeting between the two teams this season was an 8-1 Islanders win on Feb. 7 in New York. ... The Oilers were without D Oscar Klefbom (lower body), D Andrew Ference (hip), D Eric Gryba (knee) and C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (hand), although Nugent-Hopkins took the morning skate for the first time since Jan. 18... The Islanders played without D Calvin de Haan (lower body) and C Mikhail Grabovski (upper body)... Islanders D Ryan Pulock made his NHL debut after recording seven goals and 24 points in 51 games with AHL Bridgeport... The Oilers had a new look after three trades on Saturday that saw G Anders Nilsson, D Justin Schultz and RW Teddy Purcell sent to new teams.