Seattle Kraken at New York Islanders

· National Hockey League

Seattle Kraken

11-5-6

Final
0 - 1

New York Islanders

13-8-2

Horvat, Palmieri score in shootout to back Rittich in Islanders' 1-0 victory over Kraken

Seattle Kraken vs. New York Islanders: Game Highlights

Rittich made 19 saves for his first shutout with the Islanders and the eighth of his NHL career, allowing only Freddy Gaudreau's opening goal in the shootout. The 33-year-old goalie is 6-2-0 as the backup to Ilya Sorokin after playing for Los Angeles the past two seasons.

Palmieri scored after Rittich stopped Seattle's Chandler Stephenson.

The Islanders won a shootout for the first time in just over a year. They have seven victories in their last nine games, rebounding from a 2-1 home loss to St Louis on Saturday after a 6-1-0 trip.

Joey Daccord made 34 saves for Seattle for his second shutout of the season and seventh overall. He stopped Horvat and Matthew Schaefer with the Islanders on a power play late in overtime.

The Kraken were coming off a 3-2 overtime win at Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Seattle is 4-1-1 in its last six games and 11-5-6 overall under former Islanders coach Lane Lambert.

The Islanders are 9-3-1 in their last 13 games and 13-5-2 since they started 0-3-0.

The Islanders said before the contest that defenseman Alexander Romanov will be out for five-to-six months following surgery on his right shoulder.

Up next Islanders: Host Boston on Wednesday night.

Kraken: Host Dallas on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

NYI lead series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	5 0:00	Freddy Gaudreau Goal Snap Shot
Goal	5 0:00	Bo Horvat Goal Snap Shot
Goal	5 0:00	Kyle Palmieri Goal Snap Shot

Statistics

SEA		NYI
23	Blocked Shots	15
14	Hits	18
5	Takeaways	6
19	Shots	34
0	Power Play Goals	0
1	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
23	Faceoffs Won	28
45.1	Faceoff Win Percent	54.9
21	Giveaways	17
2	Total Penalties	1
4	Penalty Minutes	2