UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Nick Leddy and Anders Lee scored early, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 20 shots for his second consecutive shutout, as the New York Islanders beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-0 on Tuesday night for their fourth consecutive win.
Casey Cizikas, Travis Hamonic, Nikolay Kulemin and Ryan Strome also scored to help the Islanders get their first home win since Oct. 28. New York extended its shutout streak to 181 minutes, 11 seconds and has allowed just three goals in their last four games.
Leddy opened the scoring at 1:33 on a shot from the left point, and Lee added a power-play goal at 5:21 from in close for his second of the season.
Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov finished with 40 saves, as Colorado was outshot 13-5 in the first period, 15-8 in the second and 18-7 in the third.
Hamonic made it 3-0 at 6:38 of the second, the 10th goal scored by the Islanders’ defensemen this season; they had 23 goals from defensemen all of last season.
Kulemin extended the lead to 4-0 with a short-handed goal at 11:32 on a pass from Frans Nielsen.
Cizikas and Strome each scored their first of the season in the third period.
The Islanders came in with a three-game winning streak to finish a five-game road trip that began with a 5-0 loss at Colorado on Oct. 30.
After losing again at San Jose, they had one-goal victories over Anaheim, Los Angeles, then Arizona.
Colorado is moving in the opposite direction since last playing the Islanders with just one win in six games. The Avalanche came in rested having last played Saturday, when they lost 4-3 at Philadelphia.
Colorado has struggled this season after tying its franchise record last year with 52 wins and finishing with 112 points in the Western Conference.
New York has won seven of last eight games at Nassau Coliseum against Colorado.
The longest shutout streak in Islanders history is 199:24, achieved in 1998.
Avalanche slide
The Islanders are 8-1-0 when they score at least three goals. ... Colorado scratched C Daniel Briere and D Brad Stuart, while the Islanders scratched D Brian Strait and D Matt Donovan, along with F Eric Boulton.
