Florida Panthers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Sunday, March 1, 2026 · UBS Arena

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4–5

Final

SOG 33–26

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 5-4 on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at UBS Arena. The Panthers outshot the Islanders 33-26.

Sam Bennett scored twice and Matthew Schaefer scored twice. Sandis Vilmanis, Carson Soucy, Bo Horvat, Sam Reinhart and Anders Lee also scored.

David Rittich made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	2	1	1	4	33
NYI	1	2	2	5	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Sandis Vilmanis (3)A.J. Greer (11), Sergei Bobrovsky (2)1–003:44 FLA
Sam Bennett (21)Aaron Ekblad (19), Matthew Tkachuk (6)2–014:54 FLA · PPG
Matthew Schaefer (19)Ryan Pulock (21), Mathew Barzal (38)2–118:01 NYI

2nd period

Carson Soucy (5)Simon Holmstrom (19), Tony DeAngelo (23)Forsling 1:24 into shift2–207:28 NYI
Sam Bennett (22)Matthew Tkachuk (7)3–212:04 FLA
Bo Horvat (25)Matthew Schaefer (24)3–317:14 NYI

3rd period

Matthew Schaefer (20)Ondrej Palat (9)3–410:29 NYI
Sam Reinhart (28)Aaron Ekblad (20), Matthew Tkachuk (8)Horvat 1:38 into shift4–418:02 FLA
Anders Lee (14)Tony DeAngelo (24), Adam Pelech (8)Forsling 1:05 into shift4–519:28 NYI

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:38

4–4 · 3rd 18:02 · Reinhart. Horvat was 1:38 into his shift when it went in.

GoalFLA on iceNYI on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 FLA

1st 3:44 · Vilmanis

Cizikas 0:48

NormalCizikas 0:48

2–0 FLA

1st 14:54 · PP · Bennett

Pageau 0:32

Fresh legsPageau 0:32

2–1 NYI

1st 18:01 · Schaefer

Petry 0:58

NormalPetry 0:58

2–2 NYI

2nd 7:28 · Soucy

Long shift: Forsling 1:24

Long shiftForsling 1:24

3–2 FLA

2nd 12:04 · Bennett

Palat 0:53

NormalPalat 0:53

3–3 NYI

2nd 17:14 · Horvat

Kulikov 0:17

Fresh legsKulikov 0:17

3–4 NYI

3rd 10:29 · Schaefer

Sebrango 0:54

NormalSebrango 0:54

4–4 FLA

3rd 18:02 · Reinhart

Stuck out there: Horvat 1:38

Stuck out thereHorvat 1:38

4–5 NYI

3rd 19:28 · Lee

Long shift: Forsling 1:05

Long shiftForsling 1:05

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

FLANYI

33Shots on goal26

51%Faceoff %49%

1/3Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes6

23Hits25

13Blocked shots17

12Giveaways15

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 14:48Ryan Pulock · hooking2 min
2nd 06:04Donovan Sebrango · holding2 min
2nd 06:28Matthew Schaefer · interference2 min
3rd 00:33Calum Ritchie · slashing2 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

19Matthew TkachukL	0	3	3	-1	3	1	1	0	–	19:16
9Sam BennettC	2	0	2	-1	4	0	0	0	65	19:58
5Aaron EkbladD	0	2	2	+1	1	2	1	0	–	26:24
10A.J. GreerL	0	1	1	+1	1	4	0	0	–	07:57
13Sam ReinhartC	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	–	20:34
95Sandis VilmanisL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	07:45
11Mackie SamoskevichR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	100	15:43
15Anton LundellC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	57	17:30
17Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	36	17:11
23Carter VerhaegheC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	–	17:14
27Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	100	15:24
63Brad MarchandL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:14
70Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	25	07:44
2Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	–	09:50
6Donovan SebrangoD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	10:29
7Dmitry KulikovD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	20:27
42Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	2	0	–	26:11
77Niko MikkolaD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	23:03

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Daniil TarasovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
72Sergei BobrovskyG	L	26	21	5	.808	59:06

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

48Matthew SchaeferD	2	1	3	+4	5	0	4	2	–	23:17
77Tony DeAngeloD	0	2	2	-2	1	0	0	0	–	21:34
10Simon HolmstromR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	16:17
13Mathew BarzalC	0	1	1	+2	5	2	1	0	–	17:45
14Bo HorvatC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	2	0	55	20:24
27Anders LeeL	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:00
81Ondrej PalatL	0	1	1	+2	2	2	1	0	–	15:16
3Adam PelechD	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	0	–	20:58
4Carson SoucyD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	3	0	–	14:57
6Ryan PulockD	0	1	1	+3	0	1	2	2	–	22:12
11Anthony DuclairL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:22
16Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	–	10:45
32Kyle MacLeanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:47
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	39	16:28
51Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	100	14:28
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	62	11:55
64Calum RitchieC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	38	13:20
24Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	–	17:09

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33David RittichG	W	33	29	4	.879	60:00