THE SCORING
1st Period
6:58 - FLA 1, NYI 0: Jonathan Huberdeau opens the scoring, burying a cross-ice pass from Anthony Duclair, who skated the puck down the left wing before feeding the puck into the slot.
14:40 - FLA 2, NYI 0: Ryan Lomberg cleans up a rebound in front of the net, beating Ilya Sorokin up high after the Islanders fail to clear the puck.
16:04 - FLA 3, NYI 0: Carter Verhaeghe pots a rebound past Sorokin. The Islanders goaltender made a tremendous sliding save on Brandon Montour, but Sam Bennett was first to the puck and found Verhaeghe.
18:13 - FLA 4, NYI 0: Patric Hornqvist beats Sorokin from a sharp angle, banking a shot off the goalie's mask and in.
2nd Period
13:41 - FLA 5, NYI 0: Aaron Ekblad beats Semyon Varlamov stick side with a slap shot from the right circle.
15:00 - FLA 5, NYI 1: Kyle Palmieri scored his first goal of the season, showing great patience down the wing, outwaiting Sergei Bobrovsky before burying short side. Kieffer Bellows assisted on the goal for his first point of the season.
3rd Period
16:36 - FLA 6, NYI 1: Frank Vatrano picks up the puck at the blueline, skates in and snaps a shot glove side on Varlamov from the left dot.
GOALTENDING BATTLE:
Ilya Sorokin allowed four goals on 17 shots in the first period, but was pulled after 20 minutes of play. Semyon Varlamov stopped 17 of 19 in relief.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 of 28 to improve to 7-0-2 on the season.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
The Islanders went 0-for-1 on the power play, and are now 0-for-12 in their last six games. The Islanders penalty kill was a perfect 4-for-4, which included killing off a major penalty.
NOTEBOOK:
Ryan Pulock missed Tuesday's game with a lower-body injury and will be re-evaluated in New York, per an announcement from the team prior to puck drop. Pulock's absence snapped his 263-game ironman streak, which broke Denis Potvin's club record on Monday night. Noah Dobson drew back into the lineup in Pulock's absence... Josh Bailey missed Tuesday's game as the winger is in COVID-19 protocol... Casey Cizikas returned to the lineup after missing Monday's contest with a non-COVID-related illness... The Islanders allowed four goals in the first period since March 30, 2017... Scott Mayfield was assessed a five-minute major and game misconduct for kneeing Aleksander Barkov... Palmieri fought Radko Gudas in the third period, but picked up an additional two-minute minor and 10-minute misconduct for instigating.
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