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NEW YORK -- Andrew Ladd and Jason Chimera scored their first goals with the Islanders and helped New York to a needed victory in a finale of a long stretch of home games.Cal Clutterbuck and Ladd scored 1:39 apart midway through the third period to lift the Islanders over Vancouver 4-2 on Monday night, giving the Canucks their ninth straight loss.Chimera and Nikolay Kulemin also scored and Jaroslav Halak stopped 30 shots to help the Islanders improve to 2-3-2 in their last seven.We had a little bit of puck luck tonight, New York coach Jack Capuano said. The last few games we played well, we just havent got results. Its good for the guys to get that feeling.Ladd and Chimera, New Yorks top free agent signings in the offseason, had combined for just four assists through the first 12 games.Its great for me and Jason, just getting that good feeling to put a couple of pucks in the net, Ladd said. Sometimes all it just takes is one and build off from there.Daniel Sedin and Markus Granlund scored, and Ryan Miller had 28 saves for Vancouver, which fell to 0-8-1 with eight straight regulation losses since opening the season with four wins.Its tough. We need some good results, Canucks coach Willie Desjardins said. Its nice we got the first (goal) tonight, its been a long time since thats happened. ... We got one on the power play, and that hadnt happened in a while, either. ... We didnt take it away in the third like we needed to.Clutterbuck backhanded the rebound of a shot by Johnny Boychuk past Millers blocker side at 9:11 of the final period to give the Islanders a 3-2 lead. It was Clutterbucks second of the season and first since the season-opener.Ladd got his first with 9:10 remaining, firing a one-timer off a pass from Nick Leddy.The Islanders completed a five-game homestand 2-1-2, bringing their record up to 3-6-2 during a stretch with 10 of 11 at home.There might be a little bit of a relief but I think we got a mature enough group to realize that theres a couple of games in there that we probably should have won and we didnt, Capuano said.Kulemin gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead at 7:38 of the second period with his first of the season. John Tavares knocked the puck away from Miller to Kulemin, who tipped it in from the right side. It gave Tavares a point in five straight games (one goal, four assists).The Canucks tied it on the power play with 3 1/2 minutes left in the middle period as Bo Horvat got the rebound of his initial shot off the boards and sent the puck back in front of the net, where Granlund fired it into the open cage.The Canucks entered a league-worst 7.7 percent on the power play (3 for 39) and ended an 0-for-19 skid on their second chance of the night.Sedin opened the scoring as he stole the puck inside the blue line, skated in on Halak and fired it in off the goalies glove for his fourth of the season at 4:22.That was a turnover on their blue line and I was fortunate to get a half breakaway, Sedin said. It was nice to get the first one, but we need more of those.Chimera tied it nearly 5 1/2 minutes later with his first. Anders Lee knocked Brock Nelsons shot down at the left side of the net and it bounced across the front of the goal to Chimera, who tipped it into the open goal.Game notes Sedin has six goals and 17 points in 18 games against the Islanders. ... The teams conclude their season series on March 9 at Vancouver. ... The Islanders officially put D Travis Hamonic on injured reserve with a right hand injury. He is expected to miss four to six weeks. D Adam Pelech was called up from Bridgeport earlier Monday and had an assist in his season debut. ... 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"I just try to put the ball in the play," Gallardo said. "The first base hit didnt feel too good on my hands. I hit it off the end of the bat and I just got a lucky break." Gallardo said the double he laced in the fourth inning wasnt in the location Marcum wanted it. "The slider he threw me was up. He made a mistake," Gallardo said. "I was able to put a good swing on it." Milwaukee scored a key run in the sixth with Gallardo in the thick of things. After Logan Schafer led off with a single, Gallardo executed a two-strike sacrifice bunt. Marcum fielded the ball cleanly but his throw was dropped by second-baseman Daniel Murphy, who was covering first. The ball skipped into right field, allowing Schafer to race around the bases and beat a throw to the plate. "I was just trying to get it down, especially with two strikes," Gallardo said of his bunt. "I saw it hit the ground and I just started running to first. Then I saw the throw was kind of wide of first base." On the mound, Gallardo (7-8), who has been the subject of recent trade speculation, scattered six hits over six innings and allowed four earned runs, striking out six and walking three. In previous outing Monday against Washington, Gallardo gave up nine hits and eight earned runs in three innings. Gallardo gave up one hit through the first four innings Saturday before running into some trouble in the fifth and sixth. "I think he started to get a little tired," said Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, who homered and drove in two runs. "I think he really threw well the first four innings. His last two he scuffled a little, but for the most part it was a solid start and he gave us a chance to win. Thats most important." Brewers manager Ron Roenicke liked what he saw from Gallardo early in the game. "Yovani started off really well then lost some command," Roenicke said. Francisco Rodriguez recorded his eighth save of the season and 302nd of his career despite giving up a two-out solo home run to Marlon Byrd in the ninth. The Brewerrs jumped on Marcum (1-10) for a run in the first inning.dddddddddddd Lucroys two-out single scored Norichika Aoki, who led off the game with an infield hit. Milwaukee added two runs in the second. Schafer singled, moved to third on Gallardos single and scored on Aokis base hit. Jean Segura followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Gallardo. Lucroy extended the Brewers lead to 4-0 with a one-out, solo home run to left field in the third. "(Marcum) left a lot of balls up, more than he normally does," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Hes really a change-speed guy that keeps the ball down. The ball to Lucroy he left up. He left a breaking ball out over the plate in the first inning. Thats just not where he usually pitches." Gallardo helped himself again in the fourth, leading off with a double off the right field wall and scoring on Seguras one-out single. The Mets broke through for two runs against Gallardo in the fifth. John Buck led off with a home run off the right field foul pole. Daniel Murphy had a run-scoring double later in the inning. The Mets slashed the Brewers lead to 5-4 on Bucks two-run single in the sixth. New York cut the lead to 6-5 in the seventh on Byrds sacrifice fly. Schafers run-scoring double, his third hit of the game, put Milwaukee ahead 7-5. Byrds home run in the ninth pulled the Mets within a run, but Rodriguez struck out Kirk Nieuwenhuis to end the game. Marcum, who compiled a 20-11 record while pitching for Milwaukee in 2011 and 2012, allowed 11 hits and five earned runs over five innings. He walked one and struck out three. "I fell behind in some counts and this isnt the most pitcher-friendly park to do that in so it makes it rough," Marcum said. "It was nice to come back here. I enjoyed my two years here. Obviously, I wish the results were better." NOTES: The Brewers and Mets each will have two representatives on the NL All-Star team. The Mets David Wright will start at third base after winning fan balloting at the position. Teammate Matt Harvey was named to the squads pitching staff. Brewers OF Carlos Gomez and SS Jean Segura were selected as reserves. ... Brewers OF Ryan Braun took batting practice on the field Saturday after taking swings in a batting cage on Friday. Braun has been sidelined about a month with a thumb injury. ... The Mets Ike Davis stole his first base of the season in the second inning. ' ' '