Then, Brock Nelson and Kyle Palmieri struck just 49 seconds apart, first with Nelson letting loose a slot one-timer off Samuel Bolduc’s feed from the corner at 9:54 of the period. Pelech got it started with a shot from the left point that Brian Elliott never saw as the puck made its way through traffic and in.

“We played aggressive, we took away time and space and we did a really good job tonight.” “Right from the drop of the first puck, our guys were on pucks,” coach Lane Lambert said. Kyle Palmieri and the Islanders made it a rough night for Lightning goalie Brian Elliott. Once that started happening, though, the Islanders seized the moment and never let it go, scoring three times in less than 10 minutes to build an insurmountable lead. With the scoreboard-watching only bringing a rise in anxiety - the Panthers and Penguins both won Thursday, as well - it would take the Islanders until the second period for those shots to start translating into goals. The Islanders clocked 11 of the game’s first 12 shots, dominating possession of the puck with a relentless forecheck. The Islanders’ confidence, though, should move up a notch with how they played in their biggest game of the season so far. Ryan Pulock’ second-period goal gave the Islanders a 4-1 lead. Want to catch a game? The Islanders schedule with links to buy tickets can be found here. All three teams have three games left - and all three teams the Islanders face have been eliminated from playoff contention, with the Flyers next up on Saturday. The Panthers and Islanders are tied on 89 points with Florida holding the tiebreaker with a one-game advantage on regulation wins. The state of play on Friday morning looks, essentially, the same as it did Thursday morning. We played great in the first period and we continued that for 60 minutes.” “So the emphasis was definitely get off to a good start, which is what we did. “Every game’s must-win at this point,” Adam Pelech told The Post. This all-important victory over the Lightning was a 6-1 demolition on Thursday night at UBS Arena that the Islanders sorely needed after scoring just one goal over their previous two games.įacing questions about whether their intensity was high enough, facing a potential collapse that would keep them out of the postseason a second straight season and facing the team that seems to have their number at every turn, the Islanders came with one of their best performances of the season to stay above the playoff cutline. Not since Game 7 against Tampa Bay in 2021 had the Islanders played a more important match, and this time they delivered. It had been 22 months since the Islanders beat the Lightning and over three years since they had done so in a regular-season game. Star’s position issue taking center stage in Islanders’ offseason Islanders make decision on their leadership core Islanders aiming to bring back defenseman but decision could be complex Lou Lamoriello knows why scorer struggled in first year with Islanders

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