Florida Panthers at New York Islanders

Sun, Mar 1, 2026 · UBS Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

4 – 5

Final

New York Islanders

The New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 5–4 on Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at UBS Arena. Sam Bennett scored twice; Matthew Schaefer scored twice. David Rittich made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–26.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:44	FLA	EV	Sandis Vilmanis (3) · backhand	A.J. Greer (11), Sergei Bobrovsky (2)	1–0
1st	14:54	FLA	PP	Sam Bennett (21) · snap	Aaron Ekblad (19), Matthew Tkachuk (6)	2–0
1st	18:01	NYI	EV	Matthew Schaefer (19) · slap	Ryan Pulock (21), Mathew Barzal (38)	2–1
2nd	07:28	NYI	EV	Carson Soucy (5) · snap	Simon Holmstrom (19), Tony DeAngelo (23)	2–2
2nd	12:04	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (22) · backhand	Matthew Tkachuk (7)	3–2
2nd	17:14	NYI	EV	Bo Horvat (25) · snap	Matthew Schaefer (24)	3–3
3rd	10:29	NYI	EV	Matthew Schaefer (20) · snap	Ondrej Palat (9)	3–4
3rd	18:02	FLA	PP	Sam Reinhart (28) · snap	Aaron Ekblad (20), Matthew Tkachuk (8)	4–4
3rd	19:28	NYI	EV	Anders Lee (14) · wrist	Tony DeAngelo (24), Adam Pelech (8)	4–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:48	NYI	Ryan Pulock	hooking	2
2nd	06:04	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	holding	2
2nd	06:28	NYI	Matthew Schaefer	interference	2
3rd	00:33	NYI	Calum Ritchie	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: FLA 4.42 · NYI 2.20 · xG% FLA 66.8

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	0	3	3	-1	0	3	1	1		19:16	23
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	2	1		26:24	29
9	Sam Bennett	C	2	0	2	-1	0	4	0	0	65.0	19:58	23
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0		20:34	25
10	A.J. Greer	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0		7:57	12
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1		7:45	12
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2		26:11	27
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		23:03	33
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		20:27	29
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	57.1	17:30	25
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1		17:14	20
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	35.7	17:11	19
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		16:14	22
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	100.0	15:43	20
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	100.0	15:24	23
6	Donovan Sebrango	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		10:29	16
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		9:50	15
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	25.0	7:44	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	L	26	21	5	.808	59:06

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
48	Matthew Schaefer	D	2	1	3	+4	2	5	0	4		23:17	29
77	Tony DeAngelo	D	0	2	2	-2	0	1	0	0		21:34	26
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	1	1	+3	2	0	1	2		22:12	31
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	1	1	-2	0	0	2	2		20:58	29
14	Bo Horvat	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	2	55.0	20:24	28
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	1	1	+2	0	5	2	1		17:45	24
10	Simon Holmstrom	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		16:17	24
81	Ondrej Palat	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	1		15:16	24
27	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		15:00	20
4	Carson Soucy	D	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	3		14:57	23
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0		17:09	23
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0	38.9	16:28	23
51	Emil Heineman	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	100.0	14:28	20
11	Anthony Duclair	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		13:22	21
64	Calum Ritchie	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	38.5	13:20	21
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	61.5	11:55	18
32	Kyle MacLean	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:47	14
16	Marc Gatcomb	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1		10:45	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	David Rittich	W	33	29	4	.879	60:00