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“Scary, very scary,� Brady Tkachuk said. “It's emotional, you never want to see it. Especially for as good of a guy as he is. ... Kudos to the Islanders guys for coming over and checking on him. Says a lot about the group and the culture they have. I really appreciate them looking out for one of our players.�

The veteran Clutterbuck was clearly upset about the way the play unfolded.

“Hate to see it honestly, I'm sick to my stomach about it,� Clutterbuck said. “It's not something I wanted to have happen. ... We are all human beings here. I just don't like it, it's not good.�

Clutterbuck also scored for New York. Ilya Sorokin made 46 saves, including one in the final seconds, as the Islanders snapped a three-game skid.

Claude Giroux and Jacob Chychrun scored for Ottawa, which lost its third straight. Joonas Korpisalo finished with 35 saves.

Dobson blasted a one-timer from the high slot at 6:45 of the third to give the Islanders a 3-2 lead. Horvat led the breakout and Mathew Barzal entered the offensive zone with speed before leaving a drop pass for Dobson.

“He's got a ton of speed that's a threat to any D-man when he comes full at you, you got to respect that,� Dobson said of Barzal. “Especially after I missed the one the shift before, I wasn't thinking about passing that one. Barzal put it right in the wheelhouse.�

New York’s penalty kill limited the Senators to one power-play goal on eight opportunities.

“They did a phenomenal job, made a ton of clears, a ton of blocks,� Islanders captain Anders Lee said. “Sorokin when we needed them, huge reason why we won tonight.�

Horvat opened the scoring on the power play at 2:41 of the first period. Dobson recorded the primary assist and extended his point streak to five games.

The Islanders extended their first-period lead to 2-0 when Clutterbuck buried a feed from Casey Cizikas at 13:05.

The Senators scored twice within 5:33 in the middle of the second period.

Chychrun evened the score as his shot sailed past the glove of Sorokin at 12:25. The 25-year-old defenseman made a move at the blue line to avoid Islanders forward Anders Lee and registered his fourth goal of the season.

Giroux notched Ottawa’s first goal when he converted on a 4-on-3 power play at 6:52, firing a wrist shot through traffic past the blocker of Sorokin.

“He's one of the best goalies in the league, in the world,� Giroux said of Sorokin. “But saying that, we got to do a better job of challenging him. If he see's it, he's going to stop it. Power play needs to get a few there.�

The Senators outshot the Islanders 17-10 in the second period.

UP NEXT

Senators: At Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Islanders: At Columbus on Saturday.

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