Beckett Sennecke had a goal and an assist, and Chris Kreider had two assists for the Ducks (34-24-3), who were coming off a 5-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday that ended a five-game winning streak.
“When you score five goals in the game, you should win, and I think we played a pretty good game overall,” Husso said. “Very, very big team win.”
Anders Lee scored for a fourth straight game, and David Rittich made 21 saves for the Islanders (35-22-5), whose five-game winning streak ended in the opener of a four-game road trip.
“We had 40-something shots on net,” New York coach Patrick Roy said. “Maybe we could have done a little bit better job getting in front of those, taking the goalie’s eyes away from the puck and that would have helped, but overall [the Ducks] played a good game.”
Anaheim gave up the first goal for the fifth straight game when Lee scored on a rebound after Husso had saved his tip attempt, giving New York a 1-0 lead at 4:58 of the first period.
The Ducks were on a power play when Sennecke made a pass from behind the Islanders net to Gauthier in the left face-off circle and he scored with a one-timer to the far side to tie it 1-1 at 12:56.
