SUNRISE, Fla. — Ilya Sorokin stopped 42 photographs, Julien Gauthier scored early within the third interval and the New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Saturday.
Brock Nelson and Bo Horvat every had two assists for the Islanders, who have been with out ahead Mathew Barzal due to an sickness, and Gauthier additionally had a two-point night time. Sorokin completed with at the very least 40 saves for the fourth time this season.
Anders Lee, Simon Holmstrom and Pierre Engvall additionally scored for the Islanders.
“I believed lots of people stepped up and that’s what you want,” Islanders coach Lane Lambert stated of his workforce’s efficiency with out Barzal. “We responded very properly.”
Carter Verhaeghe had a aim and an help for Florida, which additionally obtained objectives from Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Reinhart.
Anthony Stolarz made 23 saves for the Panthers.
Tkachuk obtained his first aim in his final 11 video games, and has simply 4 to this point this season.
“I feel he had an terrible lot of probabilities at the beginning of the yr that didn’t go in after which it obtained a bit of dry,” Florida coach Paul Maurice stated. “A lot of the lack of level manufacturing is from the facility play. That’s the place the numbers are off; 5-on-5 is fairly darn good.”
The Islanders have gained 5 of their final seven video games after dropping 5 in a row. They’ve at the very least one level in eight of their final 9 contests.
The Islanders additionally gained on Florida’s ice for the primary time in its final 4 journeys to Dawn. The Islanders had been 0-3-0 of their final three on the Panthers, dropping by a mixed 14-3 rating.
The regulation loss ends a three-game level streak for the Panthers, who returned dwelling from a profitable street journey — 5 factors in three video games — in Canada. They continue to be in second place within the Atlantic Division.
Lee opened the scoring 12:36 into the primary interval, ending Florida’s streak of 26 consecutive penalties killed. The Panthers hadn’t surrendered a power-play aim since Nov. 17 towards Anaheim.
Reinhart responded 66 seconds later, scoring his sixteenth aim of the season. He trails Vancouver’s Brock Boeser (17) for the league lead.
However Engvall and Holmstrom scored for New York within the second, and Gauthier made it 4-2 early within the third.
“He’s nice,” Lee stated of Gauthier. “I like his pace, love his physicality and we noticed a whole lot of that with him on our line tonight. I feel we did an exquisite job of forechecking and creating a whole lot of issues.”
The sport ended a stretch the place the Islanders performed eight of 10 video games on the street. They begin a six-game homestand Tuesday and can play 9 of their subsequent 12 on dwelling ice.