NEW YORK (AP) Anders Lee and Bo Horvat scored power-play goals and the New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Simon Holmstrom scored his league-leading fifth short-handed goal and Ilya Sorokin stopped 30 shots as the Islanders snapped a two-game skid.

ā€œIt took a little bit of everything from all facets of the game,ā€ Lee said. ā€œAll guys in their respective areas stepped up and really did a great job.ā€

Leon Draisaitl scored for Edmonton and Stuart Skinner made 17 saves in the Oilers' third straight loss.

The Oilers opened the scoring 1:23 into the first period when Draisaitl surprised Sorokin with a shot from the left faceoff circle. It was his 13th of the season.

The Islanders then scored three times in the second period.

ā€œI thought we were resilient,ā€ Islanders coach Lane Lambert said.

Lee tied the score at 2:39 as Kyle Palmieriā€™s shot squeaked through Skinner's pads, and Lee buried the loose puck for his eighth.

Brock Nelson found Horvat in the slot and slid a puck from the side to set up his teammate to give the Islanders a 2-1 lead with 8 1/2 minutes left. It was Horvat's 13th and extended his career-high point streak to 11 games.

"Special teams was such a big part of the game," Horvat said. ā€œIt was a really good pass (from Nelson). I honestly didn't think he saw me over there and could get it to me but he fed it through three sticks. Special play by him.ā€

Holmstrom hammered a one-time pass from Jean-Gabriel Pageau with 5:50 left after Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made an errant pass in the offensive zone to lead to the odd-man rush.

Edmonton had a chance to pull within one goal but failed to execute on a 58-second two-man advantage and only generated one shot attempt on goal following Holmstrom's goal.

The Oilers finished 0 for 4 on the power play.

ā€œThere are nights that we go 0 for 4 and we just can't score," Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. ā€Probably looking back, we will want some plays back and do things a little bit differently. Early on we had some really key opportunities to shoot the puck in which we did and I think they came up with big blocks."

Edmonton captain Connor McDavid was held off the scoresheet, ending his 12-game point streak.

Islanders forward Julien Gauthier left the game early in the second period and did not return.

UP NEXT

Oilers: At New Jersey on Thursday night.

Islanders: At Washington on Wednesday night.

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