The Islanders led 3-2 entering the final 20 minutes after Kyle Palmieri tipped in Alexander Romanov’s one-timer at 11:28 of the second, but the hostilities on either side had risen after a Kurtis MacDermid open-ice hit took off Romanov’s helmet earlier in the period.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Bo Horvat scored 1:09 into overtime winner and the New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Friday night. Brock Nelson, Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri also scored for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin stopped 32 shots.

The Devils tied the game late in the third, then Mathew Barzal gave Horvat a perfect feed for a one-timer goal