The Florida Panthers lost to the New York Islanders 3-1 at BB&T Center on Thursday night. It was the sixth game of a franchise record nine-game home stand for the Panthers. The Islanders finished a stretch in which they played 10 of their last 13 games on the road.
The Islanders swept the season series against the Panthers for only the second time in this rivalry. They won all the games back in the 2012-13 season.
After no scoring in the first, New York(21-7-2) scored a power-play goal 49 seconds into the second period. Jordan Eberle moved the puck back from the top left circle. Devon Toews sent a forehand shot from the top of the zone by Sergei Bobrosky. It was the first goal by Toews in 24 games.
The Islanders got another goal with the man advantage at the 4:40 mark to make it 2-0. Anders Lee released a shot from the blue line that was stopped by traffic. Josh Bailey teed the puck in the low slot. A cross-ice pass by Eberle went to Mathew Barzal and he snapped a shot from the left circle into a half-empty net for his 13th goal of the season. It was only the third time this season that the Isles scored multiple power-play goals in a game.
Florida(15-11-5) closed it to 2-1 at 9:36. Mark Pysyk came into the offensive zone down the right side on a 2-on-1 breakaway. He slid the puck across to the left circle and Mike Hoffman finished the play with a snap shot past Thomas Greiss for his 12th goal of the campaign.
New York held off the Panthers in the final frame of the contest. Lee added an empty-net goal from the slot area with three seconds left in the third period.
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