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UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Even three short-handed goals couldn't produce a victory for the New York Islanders. Wade Redden scored with 62 seconds left in regulation, following a controversial icing call, as the Ottawa Senators rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to tie the New York Islanders 5-5 Thursday night. "The referee said they didn't see the puck go through the crease," Islanders coach Butch Goring said. "There should not have been a faceoff." Radek Bonk won the draw back to Redden at the left point. He took two strides and let go a wrist shot that was deflected past goalie Kevin Weekes. "That tip was a bit fluky," Weekes said. "But it's those things that go the way of good hockey teams." The Senators, who trailed 4-2 and then 5-3, have not lost to New York in 17 games. Claude Lapointe scored the first of his two goals 64 seconds in on a backhander, but Ottawa goalie Ron Tugnutt thought the officials should have waved it off. "I was in the crease and (Islanders forward Mariusz Czerkawski) came by and elbowed me in the head," Tugnutt said. "I couldn't see out my mask, and the puck goes in. That goal shouldn't have counted." Marian Hossa scored the first of his two goals to tie the game at 15:51 on a wrist shot from the left side. Lapointe put the Islanders back in front 2:04 later on a sweep-in of Tim Connolly's pass. "I just go out there and play my game and try to compete," Lapointe said. "I had some other good scoring chances, but they didn't go in." Hossa banged home a rebound on a power play 25 seconds into the second period to tie it. The Islanders then scored a pair of short-handed goals 44 seconds apart on the same penalty to Ray Schultz to grab a 4-2 lead. Dave Scatchard's rebound attempt went off the shaft of Joe Juneau's stick over Tugnutt at 15:20, and Mike Watt beat Tugnutt to the top right corner with a wrist shot from the left side at 16:04. Andreas Dackell scored with 17.2 seconds left in the period off a beautiful backhand pass from Shaun Van Allen. Olli Jokinen completed the short-handed hat trick 1:45 into the final period when his blast from the left circle hit the top right corner. It tied a team record for the Islanders, who had three shorthanded goals on Dec. 22, 1983 against Washington. "For us to score three short-handed goals is a great feat for any hockey team," Goring said, "but we just can't seem to get a break." Colin Forbes made it 5-4 on a poor goal by Weekes, who had his pads open when the toss at the net from the left boards found its way through. "I was a little too casual," Weekes said. "I take full responsibility." Tugnutt didn't say whether the puck did go through the crease for the icing that led to the tying goal. "There have been times where the puck goes through the crease, and it's not called," Tugnutt said. "It's up to the linesman." The Islanders continued their string of futility against Ottawa. Since a 5-4 victory on Jan. 6, 1996, the Islanders are 0-12-5-1 against the Senators. It was the first point for New York in five games (0-4-1), but it was not enough to appease a fuming and frustrating Goring afterwards. "We're frustrated, upset and tired of the same things reoccurring," he said.
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