Brock Nelson’s team-leading 20th goal broke a tie late in the second period, Jean-Francois Berube made 40 saves for his first N.H.L. win, and the Islanders beat the Minnesota Wild, 5-3, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday night.
Mikhail Grabovski and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist, and Anders Lee and Frans Nielsen also scored for the Islanders.
Charlie Coyle, Jason Pominville and Nino Niederreiter scored goals for the Wild. Devan Dubnyk gave up five goals on 30 shots, and Darcy Kuemper stopped all eight shots he faced.
After the Islanders took a 2-1 lead on goals by Grabovski and Lee early in the second, Pominville tied it with 1 minute 34 seconds left in the period.