MONTREAL — Brock Nelson scored four times for the New York Islanders in a 6-2 thumping of the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.
The Isles, who are midway through a 13-game road trip, scored more than four goals in a game for the first time this season.
Montreal allowed five goals or more for a sixth time this season.
Oliver Wahlstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored for the Islanders (4-2-2).
Anthony Beauvilier had three assists. Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin allowed two goals on 38 shot.
Canadiens starter Jake Allen allowed five goals on 25 shots and was pulled following a disastrous second period in which the Islanders scored four goals.
Samuel Montembeault took over and blocked all 10 shots he saw.
Nick Suzuki and Tyler Toffoli scored for Montreal (3-9-0)
Nelson scored the first of his four 4:14 after the opening faceoff to give the Isles a 1-0 lead after one period.
The Islanders then rattled off four even-strength goals in the second.
Wahlstrom scored his first of the season. Nelson tapped in a loose puck and completed a hat trick scoring on a two-on-one with Beauvilier.
Zach Parise fed Pageau from behind the net to make it 5-0 for the visitors after two periods.
Suzuki and Toffoli produced back-to-back goals late in the third to close the gap, but Nelson scored his fourth into an empty net.
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