NEW YORK CITY — Oliver Ekman-Larsson racked up 1:57 right into overtime and the Florida Panthers defeated the New york city Islanders 3-2 on Saturday evening for their 4th straight win.
Matthew Tkachuk had an objective and an aid, and Sam Reinhart additionally racked up for Florida. Anthony Stolarz made 21 conserves.
After Stolarz made a conserve in the additional duration and sent out the puck up the ice to Evan Rodrigues to begin a Panthers hurry the various other method, Ekman-Larsson scored his 9th of the period for Florida’s season-high 8th straight roadway win.
” Great for him. He’s played exceptionally hard for us and exceptionally well,” Panthers trainer Paul Maurice claimed of the 32-year-old Ekman-Larsson, that authorized with Florida as a freelance last summer season. “You such as to spread out those unique overtime objectives around a little. He gained it.”
Stolarz, that was attributed with an aid on the winning objective, included: “I more than happy we brought out a win tonight. … We comprehend our functions. Every person is around doing their tasks and advantages take place.”
Kyle Palmieri and Simon Holmstrom had objectives for the Islanders, that have actually shed 3 straight and 7 of 8 (1-5-2). The only win throughout that stretch remained in Patrick Roy’s mentoring launching with the group last Sunday. Semyon Varlamov do with 34 conserves.
Tkachuk scored his 16th on the power play at 5:59 of the 3rd duration to offer Florida a 2-1 lead however Palmieri obtained his 13th to connect it for the Islanders with 1:29 staying with Varlamov drew for an additional skater.
” I actually liked our video game, “Roy claimed.” I suched as the reality that tonight our group resembled an interplay a playoff hockey video game. We’re obtaining closer to where we wish to be. When I check out the huge image, we played a great video game.”
After a scoreless initial duration, Reinhart gunned his team-leading 37th objective past Varlamov on the power-play at 7:56 of the center duration. Reinhart racked up in his eighth-straight roadway video game and leads Florida with 62 factors generally. Tkachuk is 2nd with 51 factors.
Reinhart had 20 power-play objectives this period and expanded his factors touch to 13 video games.
” The power-play showed up huge tonight,” Reinhart claimed. “It most likely had not been the most beautiful video game to enjoy however those were 2 groups completing around and not considering that much room. It boiled down to the cable and it behaved to obtain that additional factor.”
Reinhart included that this group’s roadway expertise is an item of effort and emphasis. Florida is 17-7-2 far from home.
” When driving it’s very easy to psychologically prepare to play a limited video game,” he claimed “When we play like that, we offer ourselves chances to win.”
Holmstrom connected it for the Islanders with 3:31 staying in the 2nd with his 12th of the period– initially considering that Jan. 2.
The Islanders’ Noah Dobson obtained his 46th help on Palmieri’s objective, linking him with Colorado’s Cale Makar for tops in the NHL amongst defensemen. It additionally provided him a career-high with 52 factors.
Florida enters into the All-Star break 5 factors behind Boston with the second-best document in the Eastern Seminar at 31-14-4. The Panthers got to the Stanley Mug Final last June where they shed to the Las vega Golden Knights in 5 video games.
The Islanders are 2-7-2 in their last 11 video games and 20-17-12 total heading right into following week’s break. In spite of 3 losses in 4 video games considering that Roy changed Lane Lambert on Jan. 20, the Islanders are 1-2-1 however have actually had fun with adequate objective to please their brand-new trainer.
Roy claimed that he’s anticipating making use of the week-plus break to obtain picked Long Island prior to his group’s go back to the ice for the staying 33 video games of the routine period.
” I’m fresh. I would certainly more than happy to play tomorrow or the following day. Yet it behaves to have the break for the gamers, “he claimed. “I’m mosting likely to utilize this time around to be on Long Island and appreciate it and find out more concerning it … All I’m stating is thanks to everybody. The followers have actually been really encouraging, and I value it.”
UP NEXT
Islanders: At Toronto on Feb. 5.
Panthers: Host Philly on Feb. 6.
