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Islanders Too Much For Wild In 5-3 Win

NEW YORK -- Brock Nelson scored the tie-breaking goal in the final minute of the second period and Frans Nielsen and John Tavares scored a little more than two minutes apart early in the third period as the New York Islanders beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 at Barclays Center on Tuesday.

Centers Mikhail Grabovski and Anders Lee also scored for the Islanders (26-16-6), who won for the fourth time in six games (4-1-1).

Goalie Jean-Francois Berube earned his first NHL win by recording 40 saves. Berube was recalled from Bridgeport of the AHL on Monday and earned the start Tuesday as a reward for going 4-0-0 with a 0.