Noah Dobson scored in the ninth round of the shootout to lead the Islanders to a win over the Canadiens on Saturday night.

Defenseman Logan Mailloux tied it at 2-2 with a rising shot from the slot just 59 seconds into the second period. The Islanders were unable to retake the lead despite hemming the Canadiens in their zone — with Oliver Kapanen defending after losing his stick — for a stretch of three minutes, 43 seconds midway through the second period.

The New York Islanders defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday night in UBS Arena. However, the result is overshadowed by the injury suffered by Anthony Duclair.

The New York Islanders defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 Saturday night in a nine-round shootout thriller. It was a back-and-forth battle that could have gone either way, but the Islanders came out on top thanks to Noah Dobson’s goal and Logan Mailloux’s missed shootout attempt in Round 9.

Noah Dobson scored in the ninth round of the shootout to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

The Islanders got two points from a “schedule win” meeting on the calendar with the young and loose Montreal Canadiens, but they did it the hard way, coughing up a 2-0 lead as well as a late 3-2 lead before finally prevailing in a lengthy shootout on Long Island,

Noah Dobson scored in the ninth round of the shootout, and the New York Islanders won 4-3 against the Montreal Canadiens at UBS Arena on Saturday. Dobson beat Primeau over the glove from the low slot for his first NHL shootout goal.