Bo Horvat scored the game-winner in overtime and Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves to lift the visiting New York Islanders to a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils on Friday.

That’s more like it. Three shutouts in six games was the stat that told everything about the Islanders, the stat they were carrying around like a backpack going into Newark on Friday to face the upstart Devils and the stat it took them all of 83 seconds to make sure would not become four in seven.

The Islanders' most dynamic duo and highest-paid players had struggled offensively to open the 2024-25 season, with Barzal entering the game with just four points (one goal, two assists) in six games, while Horvat had three points (two goals, one assist).