The Islanders won a winnable game against the Vancouver Canucks 3-2. There are a lot of ties between these teams. Brayden Schenn, a key forward for the Islanders, has a brother, Luke, on the Canucks. They both have played more than 1,000 games in the National Hockey League. That is not the only tie between the teams. Islander Captain, Bo Horvat played nine seasons for Vancouver.
The Canucks are very bad. This is a game the Islanders should have won. Vancouver is coming off losses to the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils. They have lost four games in a row coming into this game. In the last three, they have lost badly. They came into this game killing just over 52% of penalties. That is very bad. They were in last place in that statistic last year. However, the Islanders’ power play, though much better this year so far, has historically been bad. How many power play goals do you think they will score in this game?
Islanders Against Canucks Game Summary October 13
The Islanders need to win games against bad teams. This is particularly the case at home. They had such a game, a home game against a team they should beat, when the Vancouver Canucks came calling. They have never beaten Vancouver at UBS Arena. Here is how this game played out.
In the first period, Kyle Palmeri scored his first goal since tearing his ACL last year. The score was 1-0, Islanders. Then 53 seconds later, Matias Maccelli scored, and the score was 2-0. All of a sudden, they had another team in a first-period hole. This was the score at the end of the first period. However, the lead would not last.
In the second period, Max Sasson scored for Vancouver. The score was 2-1. Brock Boesser tied the game at 2, scoring on the power play. 2-2 was the final score of the period. As we headed to the third period, the two teams were level. This is a must-have sort of game, so the Islanders must win this period.
In the third period, in the third period Kyle Palmeri scored again. That made the score 3-2. That was the final score of the game
Frozen Frenzy
This game was played as part of the National Hockey League’s so-called Frozen Frenzy. All 32 teams in the National Hockey League were in action. The 16 games were spaced out to start every 15 minutes. That was why this game had the odd start time of 7:45. All 32 teams will only play on the same day once more this season, on the last day of the regular season, April 10, 2027. This team hosts Columbus that day at 5 pm.
This Game and the Next
The Islanders won this game 3-2. Kyle Palmeri of the Islanders was the player of the game. He scored his first goal of the season, his first goal since tearing his ACL. Then he scored another goal. The Islanders play in Ottawa on Thursday night, then they head to Toronto to face the team that beat them in the season opener. The Canucks head to Florida next to take on the Panthers at 7 pm on Thursday. They then play Tampa Bay on Saturday and then head home.
Conclusion: The Formula is to Beat the Bad Teams
The Islanders need to accumulate points against bad teams, particularly at home. This game presented a golden opportunity against a struggling Vancouver Canucks team that had lost four consecutive games coming into this game. It was a worrying thing that the score was tied heading into the third period. Like so many of their games, this one was destined to head down to the last moments. Then Kyle Palmeri scored his second goal of the game.
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