Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri scored in the third period to help the New York Islanders top the Ottawa Senators 5-4.

Lee tied it 3-3 at 17:45 when he deflected a wrist shot from Maxim Shabanov past a screened Ullmark. Matthew Schaefer, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, had the secondary assist and pushed his season-opening point streak to five games (one goal, four assists).

Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves for the Islanders (2-3-0), but has now allowed at least four goals in all four of his starts, with coach Patrick Roy working one-on-one with him on Thursday in attempt to bolster his confidence and improve his rebound control.

For long stretches on Saturday afternoon, the Islanders flirted with disaster. They looked discombobulated and disorganized in their own zone. They didn’t backcheck. Ilya Sorokin let

Islanders statistician Eric Hornick breaks down the Islanders 5-4 win over the Senators Anders Lee scored the game-winning goal with just 1:03 to play as the Isles rallied from 2-0, 3-2, and 4-3 deficits for a 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators before a crowd of 15,929 at Canadian Tire Centre.

Anders Lee scored with 1:03 left Saturday afternoon to cap a comeback win by the visiting New York Islanders, who edged the Ottawa Senators 5-4. Lee outraced

Just five games into his career, Matthew Schaefer is sprinting toward history. With his secondary assist on Max Shabanov’s goal against the Senators on Saturday, Schaefer recorded a point in his fifth straight game, making him the first 18-year-old defenseman in NHL history to start his career with a five-game point streak.

Bo Horvat waited nearly six years to collect his second career hat trick on Thursday night, when he helped the New York Islanders avoid a far less noble bit of history.

Shane Pinto could get a big raise on his next contract with the Ottawa Senators, Brennan Othmann could become the next Ranger to be shipped out of New York, and the Calgary Flames could be looking for help on their blueline.

Islanders rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer continues to turn heads amid an incredible start to his NHL career.

The win was the first of the season for goalie Ilya Sorokin, who preserved a one-goal deficit by turning back Shane Pinto's penalty shot 2:23 into the third. Pinto was dragged down by Schaefer during a breakaway.