TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Mark Parrish scored twice in a 99-second span in the third period Friday night to lift the New York Islanders to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Parrish lifted the Islanders into a 2-2 tie 4:34 into the third when he took a cross-ice pass from Michael Peca and lifted a wrist shot over goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin's shoulder from the top of crease.
New York had a power play when Parrish took a pass from former Lightning defenseman Roman Hamrlik and fired a slap shot from the point between Khabibulin's pads for his first two-goal game since a 5-2 win over Atlanta on Dec. 29, 2000.
Chris Osgood, acquired in the waiver draft from the Detroit Red Wings, made 23 saves in his debut with the Islanders.
Jimmi Olvestad and Brad Richards scored for Tampa Bay, which fell to 4-4-2 all-time in home openers.
