The bruising defenseman McQuaid started the scoring at 6:43 of the first with his first goal of the season, a shot from the right point that squirted through the pads of Islanders goalie Evgeni Nabokov.
Ibrahmovic struck a powerful shot into the English defensive wall and then sliced his follow-up, but the ball squirted through to Mellberg, whose scuffed effort dropped over the line, despite an attempted clearance by Glen Johnson.