The New York Islanders improved to a gaudy 12-3-1 on Saturday night with a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers, on Long Island.
Thomas Greiss made 37 saves to get the win.
Center Mathew Barzal had a goal and assist in win – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Mathew Barzal had a goal and two points in the win.
“Nice response by our team,” Barzal said. “We had the lead going into the third period again, we know we didn’t want to lose it there. They got one back on the power play, and we got one I think the next shift. It was a good response by our group. [Greiss] made some big stops down the stretch. It was a team win.”
The Panthers dropped to 7-4-5.
“I mean, what more can you say,” Barzal said. “His (Greiss) save percentage and goals-against average has been right up there at the top of the League. He had Vezina numbers last year, and again this year he’s been doing the same thing.”
Aleksander Barkov scored the only goal for the Panthers.
“It’s frustrating we couldn’t get more than one goal,” Barkov said. “We had chances, we created a lot of chances to score a goal, and [Bobrovsky] helped us and gave us a chance to win the game. We just couldn’t score another goal.”
Scott Mayfield scored the game-winner in the third period.
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Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves in the loss.
“It was a game of basically less than inches when you come down to the opportunities at the end,” Panthers head coach Joel Quenneville said after the loss.We did some good things, but their goalie made some key saves. Some of them around the net there today, we could have buried some. That could have been the difference.”
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