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New York Islander (29-28-8) against Florida Panthers (41-23-3)

7:30 p.m. | UBS Arena | Buy tickets

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The New York Islander will accept defending champion Florida Panthers in UBS Arena on Sunday evening.

The islanders had a 2-1 loss against the Edmonton Oilers on Friday evening. Bo Horvat scored the only goal for New York, while Ilya Sorokin scored 33 parades in the defeat. The loss of overtime extended the Isles’ winlate slipcase to three games (0-2-1).

Florida dropped a 3-1 decision on the Montreal Canadiens in the first half of a back-to-back set on Saturday. Mackie Samoskevich scored 12 parades for the Panthers and Sergei Bobrovsky at 15 shots. The loss of Panthers injured the islands because the Canadians (71 points) extended their lead over the islanders (66 points) to five points in the overall ranking. The islands have a game in hand on Montreal.

The islanders were idle on Saturday, but several other teams in the Wild Card Card Race of the Eastern Conference were in action. After the results on Saturday evening, the islanders (66 points) follow the New York Rangers (72 points) for second place for Wild Card with six points after the Rangers excluded the Columbus Blue Jackets (70 points) 4-0. The islands have two games in their hand on the rangers.

The Pittsburgh Penguins (66 points) combined the islanders with a 7: 3 victory against the New Jersey Devils. Ottawa’s senators (77 points), who occupy the first Wild Card Spot, have padded their lead with a 4-2 win against the Toronto Maple Leaf. The Boston Bruins (68 points), which are one of the five teams that the islanders have to skip in order to get into the playoff picture, fell 6-2 in the Lightning from Tampa Bay.

Seasonal series

After two 6: 3 defeats on October 26, the islanders will be at home and on February 2 in Florida the Series 0-2-0 season.