"Carter Verhaeghe stayed red-hot with his sixth goal in as many games, and the Florida Panthers rode a steady offensive push to a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders on Sunday night, snapping the Isles' three-game winning streak. It marked the Isles' first loss in the second half of a back-to-back this season (now 4-1-0)."
"Uvis Balinskis opened the scoring early with a point shot through heavy traffic, his first goal of the season and just the seventh of his NHL career. Verhaeghe doubled Florida's lead in the second, burying a feed from Jeff Petry to record his 146th goal as a Panther and move into seventh on the franchise's all-time list. Seth Jones made it 3-1 late in the third with his second goal in as many games, and Sam Reinhart sealed the win with an empty-net tally."
""I feel like we could have been a little more connected," Roy said. "Overall, that was a tough schedule. We played Tampa twice, played Colorado, back-to-back games here. Three out of four, that's pretty good. We gave ourselves a chance to get back in this game.""
The Florida Panthers beat the New York Islanders 4-1, ending New York's three-game winning streak. Uvis Balinskis opened the scoring with his first goal of the season, and Carter Verhaeghe extended his streak to six consecutive games, moving to 146 goals as a Panther. Seth Jones added a late goal and Sam Reinhart finished with an empty-netter. Mathew Barzal provided the Islanders' lone goal, assisted by rookie Matthew Schaefer, who has 21 points in 30 games. Florida's Daniil Tarasov made 20 saves and New York's David Rittich made 26. The Islanders now sit 3-10-0 when scoring two goals or fewer and faced a heavy schedule that tested their connection.
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