The Montreal Canadiens stopped at UBS Arena Saturday night to play the New York Islanders. They lost in a nine-round shootout, 4-3.

Cayden Primeau deserved better. But even if the Montreal Canadiens’ backup goaltender stole only one point in a 4-3 shootout loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday, he still won something valuable — the confidence of his teammates.

Noah Dobson scored in the ninth round of the shootout Saturday night for the New York Islanders, who squandered two leads before outlasting the Montreal Canadiens, 4-3, in Elmont, N.Y.