ELMONT, N.Y. — Blowing leads and losing hurts badly. Especially to a former teammate.
The Canucks rallied from a three-goal deficit on two third-period goals from Elias Pettersson for a 6-5 win on Thursday night at UBS Arena. It marked Bo Horvat’s first game against his former teammates as well as ex-Islander Anthony Beauvillier’s.
Both scored goals, with Beauvillier’s power-play tip at 16:58 of the third period the winner after Noah Dobson’s power-play goal with 49.6 seconds left in regulation pulled the Islanders within a goal.
