Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal 4:29 into the third period and Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves, lifting the visiting New York Islanders to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Friday.

New York's Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored a short-handed goal late in the second period, and Mathew Barzal found an empty net with 1:16 remaining in the third. Barzal was a healthy scratch for disciplinary reasons on Thursday after he was late to the rink for the morning skate.

The Islanders snapped their second three-game losing streak of the season and held Washington captain Alex Ovechkin off the scoresheet. Ovechkin has 899 career goals.

Tom Wilson scored a goal early in the second period and Logan Thompson turned aside 20 shots for the Capitals, who have mustered just two goals total while dropping

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