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WINNIPEG - There has been no sophomore slump for Ryan Strome.The New York Islanders second-year forward enjoyed a career-high four-point game with a goal and three assists in the Islanders 5-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday.His linemate, centre Frans Nielsen, also shone with a pair of goals and one assist.I just wanted to fit in, said the 21-year-old Strome, whos played all 37 games this season, matching the number he played all last year with the Islanders.At the beginning, I had some trouble finding my spot in training camp. And the coaches kind of threw me a bone and I thought I played well enough to stick around and Im just trying to take the ball and run with it.Linemate Anders Lee also netted a goal and added an assist and Josh Bailey scored an empty-netter for New York (25-11-1), which is 6-1-1 in its last eight games.Its not every night you get four points, Strome said. Obviously, I dont like to judge the game based on the points, but its definitely good to contribute.Obviously, I think our line had a pretty good game and pretty solid in the (defensive) zone. Its always good to help out.Captain Andrew Ladd scored twice for Winnipeg (19-12-7).It was the first back-to-back loss for the Jets since late November. They lost 3-2 to Minnesota on Monday.You dont want to become complacent, Ladd said. For me, it stings and you still have a tough feeling in this room, but at the same time were in the mix of a pretty big battle here to keep going and find a way to get points.Come to the rink with a lower bottom lip thats hanging down isnt going to help so weve got to come back with some energy in practise and really just focus on trying to get better that day.Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak made 21 saves for the win. Ondrej Pavelec, who started for the first time since rookie Michael Hutchinson got the call in net for the previous three games, stopped 28 shots.Strome scored his seventh goal of the season midway through the first period off a weird bounce in traffic around the net.After the puck went high in the air to the right of Pavelec, Jets defenceman Adam Pardy tried to bat it away and it dropped to the ice and hit Lee and Strome before going into the net at 10:04.Ryans a skill guy, but a lot of skill guys dont perform well in the NHL, Islanders head coach Jack Capuano said of the teams fifth overall pick in the 2011 NHL draft. It takes a little bit of time because they dont want to play without the puck.Everyone can play with the puck. His game away from the puck has picked up. He had to get to the interior. He had to get to those tough, greasy areas if he wanted to perform, because a lot of his points in the American (Hockey) League (with Bridgeport) were outside.Nielsen made it 2-0 with a goal scored 16 seconds into a 30-second, two-man advantage late in the period.As Johnny Boychuk fired a one-timer toward the net, his stick broke and the puck went across to Nielsen at the right side of the net, whose high shot went in at 18:16.Ladd scored one second after a New York penalty expired off a Blake Wheeler pass from behind the net at 4:41. Wheeler extended his points streak to four games with two goals and three assists.Nielsen did the bulk of the work for his second goal of the game and eighth of the season following a Winnipeg turnover.After skating down the boards with the puck, Nielsen made a drop pass to Strome and then went across to the faceoff circle. Strome sent him the puck and he fired it by Pavelec at 15:27 for a 3-1 lead.Its a line that we put together recently, Capuano said. The last couple of games its been good for us.Ladd used a third-period man advantage to score his 14th goal of the season 47 seconds into the period off a pass from Mathieu Perreault to the slot.Bryan Little assisted on the goal to extend his points streak to five games with two goals and four assists.But it was Lees ninth goal of the season that made it 4-2 at 11:35 of the third that was a bit of a back-breaker, Perreault said.The 4-2 goal was hard on us. It was one of those plays, its kind of bang, bang around the players and then hit a skate or something, went up and goes into the net, he said. Tough bounces, it probably turned the game around right there.Bailey scored into the empty net at 19:28.The Jets continue their four-game homestand Saturday against Toronto.It was the first game of a seven-game road trip for the Islanders, who play in Calgary on Saturday. San Diego Padres Shirts .200. 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Red Bulls midfielder Tim Cahill, who scored twice for Australia in Brazil just a week ago, knocked a header at the feet of New Yorks Bradley Wright-Phillips in the 93rd minute to beat Toronto goalkeeper Joe Bendik for a 2-2 draw Friday. The result left an often dominant Toronto (6-4-2) club with just a point in its first match following a league-wide World Cup break. "Im disappointed that we didnt hold out, disappointed that I couldnt make that last save. I thought we were the far better team the entire game," Bendik said. While New York (4-5-7) held a slight edge in possession, Toronto outshot the Red Bulls 20-14 with a 7-6 advantage in shots on target despite still missing midfielder Michael Bradley to the World Cup. Toronto manager Ryan Nelsen felt it was a match they could learn from and a sign they were gaining momentum after an opening three months that saw them play the fewest league games in Major League Soccer. "We had a couple of weeks (during the break) and sort of benefited off that," Nelsen said. "Guys are staying a bit healthier, and hopefully we can just keep on it." Despite a quality first half, Toronto trailed heading into halftime as Peguy Luyindula headed a cross from Ambroise Oyongo past a diving Bendik to make it 1-0 in the 36th minute. The Reds jumped out to their best period of the game to begin the second half, as Jermain Defoe beat New Yorks Carlos Robles against the grain to even the score in the 55th minute. The goal is Defoes eighth in nine league matches. Toronto made aa sub designed on going for at least a draw by bringing on Brazilian designated player Gilberto, who had been scoreless in nine previous matches.dddddddddddd In the 72nd minute, after a dispute with Defoe over who would take a free kick from inside 25 yards, stutter stepped before cracking an unstoppable shot to the top right corner of the goal that froze everyone on the pitch, save for a helpless, diving Robles. "Sometimes you just get a feeling," said Nelsen, addressing the moments leading up to the kick between his two international stars. "I think Gil had a feeling he was going to do something, and players understand that. (That goal) will be shown around the world, for a long time." Defoe admitted he was fine with the decision in the end. "Yeah, it was meant (to be). In football, youre confident, and when he stepped up, I had that feeling that he was going to score. You can see from the celebrations, Im so happy for him." Gilberto eventually left the game in the 89th minute with what Nelson called a hip problem. Toronto were unable to fend off a desperate New York team that remained one point behind them for fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings, with a somewhat surprise substitution of Cahill for the goal-scorer Luyindula. New York head coach Mike Petke admitted that hed had no plans to use Cahill in any serious role prior to the team going down a goal. "I was hoping to bring Tim on in the 88th minute, up 3-0, so the fans could clap him for the wonderful World Cup he had," Petke said. "Obviously things change, with the score, with the way the game went. We felt, to bring Tim on for 20 minutes, perhaps something could happen, and obviously it did in the end." ' ' '