Lou Lamoriello expressed confidence in his team on Thursday morning – and on Thursday night the New York Islanders rewarded their GM with a 4-0 win over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena.

Nelson received a nifty feed from Mathew Barzal off the rush, before he fired it past Adin Hill's glove to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead against the NHL’s top team in the standings, the Vegas Golden Knights at 5:30 of the second:

Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves for his 20th career shutout and Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights Thursday night in Las Vegas.

The New York Islanders put for their strongest performance of the season on Thursday night, defeating the red-hot Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 at T-Mobile Arena.

Captain Anders Lee, playing in his 800th career game, scored a goal and Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves as the New York Islanders beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 on Friday night.

There’s a chance we’re not talking about the Golden Knights enough right now. Chatter about them come this time of year usually revolves around trade rumours but Vegas is on a months-long roll and might just be the class of the NHL right now.

Anders Lee, Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat, and Casey Cizikas all got on the scoresheet in a great effort in Las Vegas.

Tyler Herro scored 23 points and Jaime Jaquez had 20, including five in the final 1:03, to lead the Miami Heat to a 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. In a ragged game with 31 combined turnovers and both teams shooting under 40%,

Anders Lee scored a first period goal in his 800th NHL game, and Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves for his 20th career shutout as the Islanders blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 before a sellout crowd of 17,713 at T-Mobile Arena.

LAS VEGAS — The Islanders emphatically backed up their boss.

Ilya Sorokin made 30 saves for his 20th career shutout and Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-0 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night in Las Vegas.

Sidney Crosby moved up in the NHL record book and Bryan Rust ignited a four-goal outburst in the first period as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Thursday. It was the Penguins’ first win over the Oilers in more than five years.