Vancouver Canucks vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · UBS Arena

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Final

SOG 26–38

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Recap

Palmieri scores twice as Islanders edge Canucks

The New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Tuesday at UBS Arena, never trailing on the way to their third win of the season. Kyle Palmieri opened the scoring at 14:57 of the first period, his first goal of the season, with Matthew Kessel and Bo Horvat assisting. Matias Maccelli made it 2-0 just 53 seconds later, assisted by Matthew Schaefer.

Vancouver tied it in the second period. Max Sasson scored at 7:52, assisted by Arshdeep Bains and Jamie Oleksiak, and Brock Boeser connected on the power play at 18:55 with help from Elias Pettersson and Filip Hronek to make it 2-2 after two.

Palmieri won it at 5:38 of the third period, his second goal of the season, off assists from Maccelli and Schaefer. Palmieri, Maccelli and Schaefer took the three stars. Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Leevi Meriläinen stopped 35 of 38 in the loss. The Islanders outshot the Canucks 38-26. Vancouver fell to 2-6-0 with a fifth straight regulation loss, while New York moved to 3-3-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VAN	0	2	0	2	26
NYI	2	0	1	3	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kyle Palmieri (1)Matthew Kessel (1), Bo Horvat (3)0–114:57 NYI
Matias Maccelli (1)Matthew Schaefer (5)0–215:50 NYI

2nd period

Max Sasson (2)Arshdeep Bains (2), Jamie Oleksiak (3)1–207:52 VAN
Brock Boeser (2)Elias Pettersson (7), Filip Hronek (6)Pelech 1:27 into shift2–218:55 VAN · PPG

3rd period

Kyle Palmieri (2)Matias Maccelli (4), Matthew Schaefer (6)2–305:38 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+

1:27

2–2 · 2nd 18:55 · Boeser. Pelech was 1:27 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVAN on iceNYI on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 NYI

1st 14:57 · Palmieri

O'Connor 0:30

Fresh legsO'Connor 0:30

0–2 NYI

1st 15:50 · Maccelli

Schenn 0:24

Fresh legsSchenn 0:24

1–2 VAN

2nd 7:52 · Sasson

Eklund 0:16

Fresh legsEklund 0:16

2–2 VAN

2nd 18:55 · PP · Boeser

Long shift: Pelech 1:27

Long shiftPelech 1:27

2–3 NYI

3rd 5:38 · Palmieri

Schenn 0:42

NormalSchenn 0:42

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

VANNYI

26Shots on goal38

40%Faceoff %60%

1/4Power play0/3

8Penalty minutes12

33Hits18

12Blocked shots13

12Giveaways9

4Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 06:04Brayden Schenn · high sticking2 min
1st 11:42Logan Stanley · holding2 min
1st 19:09Luke Schenn · tripping2 min
2nd 08:55Elias Pettersson · tripping2 min
2nd 17:28Kyle Palmieri · tripping2 min
2nd 20:00Tony DeAngelo · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 18:19Zeev Buium · hooking2 min
3rd 18:46Logan Stanley · roughing2 min
3rd 18:46Drew O'Connor · roughing2 min
3rd 19:41Adam Pelech · tripping2 min

Season series

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

6Brock BoeserR	1	0	1	-2	3	0	0	0	75	17:49
13Arshdeep BainsL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	10:55
40Elias PetterssonC	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	0	42	21:03
63Max SassonC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	25	11:40
4Jamie OleksiakD	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	–	16:50
17Filip HronekD	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	24:53
7Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	–	11:33
18Drew O'ConnorL	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	2	29	14:55
23Marco RossiC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	46	18:02
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	15:30
74Jake DeBruskL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	17:12
88Jonathan LekkerimäkiR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	16:35
92Liam OhgrenL	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	–	14:49
94Linus KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:02
2Luke SchennD	0	0	0	-2	2	5	0	2	–	11:10
5Tom WillanderD	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	–	25:43
8Zeev BuiumD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2	–	16:32
25Elias PetterssonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	16:37

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Leevi MeriläinenG	L	38	35	3	.921	59:29
32Kevin LankinenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

21Kyle PalmieriC	2	0	2	+2	2	0	1	2	–	16:44
63Matias MaccelliL	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	0	–	15:26
48Matthew SchaeferD	0	2	2	+2	4	2	1	0	–	25:23
14Bo HorvatC	0	1	1	+2	3	2	0	0	54	19:49
4Matthew KesselD	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:51
10Brayden SchennC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	100	16:41
11Anthony DuclairL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:08
38Victor EklundR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	13:49
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	76	14:59
51Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	+1	3	3	1	0	–	12:32
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	44	12:24
64Calum RitchieC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50	14:37
81Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	13:44
92Simon HolmstromR	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	–	13:15
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	–	19:56
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	20:10
8Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	4	–	20:44
77Tony DeAngeloD	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	–	17:02

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG	W	26	24	2	.923	60:00
40Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00