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Schaefer scores his 2nd goal of the game in OT to lift Islanders past Wild, 4-3

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Schaefer scores his 2nd goal of the game in OT to lift Islanders past Wild, 4-3 — Minneapolis Sports news

Matthew Schaefer scored his second goal of the game on a wrist shot at 33 seconds of overtime to give the New York Islanders a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.Schaefer beat goalie Jesper Wallstedt from the right circle on a break.Schaefer also had an assist, Bo Horvat scored a power-play goal and Adam Pelech also connected for for New York. Ilya Sorokin made 22 saves.Joel Eriksson Ek, Quinn Hughes and Matt Boldy scored for Central Division-leading Minnesota, with Boldy tying it at 3 with 3:53 left in regulation.Wallstedt stopped 22 shots.The Islanders won their second straight to improve to 7-4-2. The Wild dropped to 9-4-2. They had won three in a row.

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