The Islanders didn’t sweep the Panthers on Wednesday, but they made sure the series didn’t get away from them today, and in a big way.
Anthony Beauvillier (2 G), Mathew Barzal (1 G, 1 A), Brock Nelson (1 G, 1 A) and Josh Bailey (2 A) all had two-point games and Semyon Varlamov only conceded one goal on 25 shots against to out-duel Sergei Bobrovsky, who gave up four goals.
New York, on the whole, looked more like a team playing for their playoff lives than Florida did and they played their game to a T while still pushing the pace of play to the tune of 38 shots-on-goal.