Rapid Recap: Rangers 4, Islanders 1

The New York Islanders losing streak hit seven games on Wednesday, after falling 4-1 to the New York Rangers at UBS Arena.
Andy Andreoff scored his first goal as a member of the Islanders, but it was not enough to overcome two-goal performances from Chris Kreider and Kevin Rooney.
The seven-game slide is the Islanders' longest losing streak (in regulation) since Oct. 23 - Nov. 4, 2010.
See below for the rapid recap.
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THE SCORING
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
0:29 - NYR 1, NYI 0 PPG - Chris Kreider redirects a Ryan Strome point shot at the side of the net, beating Semyon Varlamov short side. Adam Fox picks up the secondary assist.
14:28 - NYR 2, NYI 0 - Ryan Reaves drives wide, takes a shot on Varlamov, collects his rebound from below the goal line and throws the puck through the crease, where Kevin Rooney knocks it in.
3rd Period
3:52 - NYR 2, NYI 1 - Andy Andreoff redirects an Otto Koivula point shot past Shesterkin and gets the Islanders on the board.
4:12 - NYR 3, NYI 1 - The Rangers respond 20 seconds later, as Reaves outwaits a sliding Thomas Hickey before feeding a cross-ice pass to Rooney for his second goal of the night. The goal marks Rooney's first-ever multi-goal game.
11:02 - NYR 4, NYI 1 - Kreider scores his second of the night, burying a cross-crease pass from Mika Zibanejad.

SPECIAL TEAMS:
The Islanders went 0-6 on the power play and 3-4 on the penalty kill. With Chris Kreider's power-play goal, the Islanders have allowed a special teams tally (power play or shorthanded) in five of their last six contests.
JG Pageau and Alexis Lafrenière picked up fighting majors at the end of the game.
GOALTENDING BATTLE:
Seymon Varlamov stopped 17 of 21 shots for the Islanders.
Igor Shesterkin stopped 20 of 21 for the win, his first against the Islanders.
NOTEBOOK:
Noah Dobson was a late scratch on Wednesday and is considered day-to-day with a lower-body injury... Thomas Hickey made his season debut for the Islanders logging 21:07, skating on a pair with Paul LaDue, who made his Islanders debut skating 12:47... Otto Koivula also made his season debut after being recalled, logging 11:28 TOI, one assist and a shot on goal... Scott Mayfield was lone Islanders defenseman from the opening night roster to play on Wednesday... The Islanders won 35 faceoffs to the Rangers' 25... Josh Bailey, Kieffer Bellows, Zdeno Chara, Andy Greene, Ross Johnston, Anders Lee and Adam Pelech all missed Wednesday's game due to COVID-19 protocols.
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NEXT GAME:
The Islanders take on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night at UBS Arena. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m.