Nabokov, who has been in net for 27 of the Islanders' 32 games this season, has 326 career wins, ranking him fourth among active goalies behind Martin Brodeur, RobertoLuongo and Nikolai Khabibulin.
With the Slovakia goalkeeper substituted in favour of an extra attacker and a crowded goal crease, Pavol Demitra found space but could not clear the trailing pad of Canada's RobertoLuongo with his close-range effort.