Carter Verhaeghe stayed red-hot with his sixth goal in as many games, and the Florida Panthers rode a steady offensive push to a 4–1 win over the New York Islanders on Sunday night, snapping the Isles’ three-game winning streak. It marked the Isles' first loss in the second half of a back-to-back this season (now 4–1-0).
Uvis Balinskis opened the scoring early with a point shot through heavy traffic, his first goal of the season and just the seventh of his NHL career. Verhaeghe doubled Florida’s lead in the second, burying a feed from Jeff Petry to record his 146th goal as a Panther and move into seventh on the franchise’s all-time list.