The Islanders opened the scoring at 1:32 of the second period as Pierre Engvall matched his career high with a goal in his third straight game. Defenseman Scott Mayfield got the puck to Engvall in the high slot, he toe-dragged the puck around defenseman Danil Miromanov, and beat Dustin Wolf (27 saves) with a rising wrist shot past his glove.

The New York Islanders picked up a point, but left one on the table, in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Saddledome. Pierre Engvall opened the scoring in the second period, while Rasmus Andersson’s power-play goal tied the score 8:17 into the third.

Dustin Wolf is in the zone. The 23-year-old Calgary Flames shot-stopper earned his first shutout of his NHL career last Friday and then followed it up with a performance that was maybe just as impressive.

Andrei Kuzmenko deked backhand and lifted a shot over the blocker of New York goalie Semyon Varlamov in the second round of the shootout before Justin Kirkland shot low glove by Varlamov in the third. Wolf stopped both shooters he faced. Rasmus Andersson scored for the Flames (10-6-3), who have won three of four.

The Islanders ought to be heading back over the border with three wins in four games so far on this trip, thrilled not just with how they’re playing, but with the results they’re getting. Instead, they are flying to Detroit looking to salvage a 2-1-2 record out of this five-game trip,

The sting of defeat has faded for the New York Islanders, and now they must turn the page as they continue a road trip on Tuesday against the Calgary Flames.